Webnovela

A webnovela or foronovela is a type of fan fiction.[1][2] The term "webnovela" or "web novel" adapts the word "telenovela" for web-based fan fiction. They are written and read primarily in Latin American and European countries.

They are often written like soap operas and can involve fans of a particular serial or telenovela creating a story based on that series' characters. The term "webnovela" is also used to refer to the hosting by Univision of recorded telenovelas online.[3][2]

Cyberseries

A variation of the webnovela is the cyberserie. The cyberserie are more like North American series. They have seasons, and are composed usually of Anglo-Saxon actors.

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References

  1. ^ Eleá, Ilana (2011), "Fanfiction and Webnovelas", The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Media, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 71–87, doi:10.1002/9781118114254.ch5, ISBN 978-1-118-11425-4, retrieved 2025-06-16
  2. ^ a b López‐Pumarejo, Tomás A. (2012-01-01). J. Pisani, Michael; A. Perez‐Batres, Luis (eds.). "The webnovela and immigrants in the United States". American Journal of Business. 27 (1): 40–57. doi:10.1108/19355181211217634. ISSN 1935-5181. Webnovelas are the online version of telenovelas. They consist of 15 five-minute episodes, and feature interactive fare such as contests, behind-the-scene material and blogging. They share key narrative and thematic conventions and a star system with telenovelas, the wildly popular Latin American version of the American soap opera. .... Webnovelas are, in contrast, a genre that is open enough to welcome user collaboration and use this collaboration as marketing intelligence. This is particularly true with the fan fiction or foronovela that Wikipedia mistakenly refers to as webnovela.
  3. ^ Piñón, Juan (2014-07-03). "Webnovelas: Branding Interactivity in Hispanic TV". Popular Communication. 12 (3): 123–138. doi:10.1080/15405702.2014.924521. ISSN 1540-5702.