Conte Fantastique
Conte may refer to: * Conte (literature), a literary genre * Conte (surname) * Conté, a drawing medium * Conte, Jura, town in France * Conté royal family, a fictional family in Tamora Pierce's Tortallan world * Conte, the title of Count#Northern Italian states, Count in Italy and other European countries See also

* Comte (other), Comté * Contes (other) * Contessa (other) * Del Conte (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Conte (literature)
Conte () is a literary genre of tales, often short, characterized by fantasy or wit. They were popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries until the genre became merged with the short story in the nineteenth century. Distinguishing contes from other literary genres is notoriously difficult due to the various meanings of the French term ' that span folktales, fairy tales, short stories, Oral tradition, oral tales, and fables. Definition Conte comes from the French language, French word , "to relate". The French term ''conte'' encompasses a wide range of narrative forms that are not limited to written accounts. No clear English equivalent for conte exists in English as it includes folktales, fairy tales, short stories, Oral tradition, oral tales, and to lesser extent fables. This makes conte notoriously difficult to define precisely. A conte is generally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. In this sense, contes can be called novellas. Contes are contrasted ...
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