This is about the story Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and why it is known as romantic literature.

The romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is known as a medieval romance because it possesses most if not all of the characteristics involved in this narrative form of writing. The story contains a noble hero, Sir Gawain who steps in for King Arthur in the challenge against the Green Knight. Although he believed himself to be "...the weakest... and in wit the most feeble..." he still rose to the occasion. This decision to …

…the green sash he received reluctantly as a gift from the lady. Most if not all of the events in this story are unlike any of those in ordinary life in that it has some sort of magic to it since the Green Knight lived after being decapitated. The chivalrous acts, noble hero, daring deeds, faraway setting, and the less than ordinary events make Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a romantic piece of literature.