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LA FANFICTION: RISCRITTURA E NARRATIVA AMATORIALE NELL’ERA DIGITALE
LA FANFICTION: REWRITING AND AMATEUR FICTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Author(s): Amira Maguenouche
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Cultural Essay, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: fanfiction; fandom; fan writer; derivative fiction; rewriting;

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of fanfiction, as a modern form of amateur art, has evolved significantly, on the network through blogs and sites, in which thousands of narrative texts written by amateur authors are collected and cataloged. This article aims to expose the idea of the interactive participation of the reader, consolidated with the rewriting of his favorite artistic work, known with the term fanfiction: a new literary genre, which is considered as a subculture, despite the originality of many stories that sometimes exceed the source text.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 221-234
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Italian