Romanetto is a literary genre typical for the Czech writer Jakub Arbes

Jakub Arbes

Jakub Arbes was an influential Czech revolutionary, intellectual and writer. He was a sympathizer of the Májovci literary group and creator of the literary genre called romanetto.- Life and Politics :...

. The first one to name the genre was Jan Neruda

Jan Neruda

Jan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".-Early life:...

, who used an italic diminutive system to change the word román - Czech for novel. Works in this genre are usually shorter than a novel and their stories include something seemingly paranormal, which is explained afterwards with the use of scientific facts. Although this genre came before, it resembles sci-fi.