webnovela

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish webnovela.

Noun[edit]

webnovela (plural webnovelas)

  1. A Latin American or European dramatized series, inspired by fan fiction, that is presented as a set of video chapters on the internet.
    • 2008 December 10, “Shakira heads to the White House”, in Vida en el Valle, volume 18, number 50, page B-1:
      Starting in 2009, univision.com users will get the opportunity to watch a free interactive webnovela called ‘Vidas Cruzadas’ (Crossed Lives) featuring Kate del Castillo and Guy Ecker. This 15-episode webnovela will consist of three- to five-minute episodes.
    • 2014, Ilana Eleá, “Fanfiction and Webnovelas: The Digital Reading and Writing of Brazilian Adolescent Girls”, in Karen Ross, editor, The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Media, Wiley Blackwell, →ISBN, pages 74–75:
      The adolescents related that they had become involved with webnovelas as a result of recommendations from friends or cousins, or simply by chance when searching for information about their idols or favorite characters on the Internet.
    • 2017, Paul Julian Smith, “Festivals, Webseries, Porn”, in Queer Mexico: Cinema and Television since 2000, Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 22:
      The runs of webnovelas are much shorter (just fifteen episodes to the telenovelas’ 150) as is the duration of each episode (five minutes compared to forty-five) (311).

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

webnovela f (plural webnovelas)

  1. webnovela