compunovel

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compunovel (plural compunovels)

  1. A form of hyperfiction or interactive fiction intended to be the computerized equivalent of a traditional novel.
    • 2003, Linda Hutcheon, A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction, page 77:
      The most extreme example I can think of in art is, perhaps, “interactive fiction” or computerized, participatory “compunovels.”
    • 2014, Vincent Leitch, Theory Matters, page 37:
      [] it privileges philosophically oriented theory, disregarding popular forms such as, in the present case, anonymous and collective modes of authorship typical of TV, cinema, advertising, street ballads, and compunovels.