novela
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5.0
- noun
- /noʊˈveɪlə/
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novela
- Like the miracle in Cervantes' novela, Carlos' presence is an event that facilitates but does not determine the resolution of the female protagonist's plight.
- realist novela
- novela collection
- novela genre
Examples
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Authored by many members of the Brazilian left, realist novelas of the 1970s exposed Brazilian social contradictions by using both the colloquial language and cultural habits of the people.
Academic text (1998) -
Melodrama precedes realism, historically developing from the 1940s radio novelas.
Academic text (1998) -
It's not a regular novela, it's a Brazilian.
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Watching novelas and doing nothing!
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At the same time, other viewers referred to the video as if it were a realist novela.
Academic text (1998) -
Magazines such as Teleguia and TV y novelas capitalize on this in each issue.
Academic text (1992) -
In contrast, the realist novela genre is unpredictable and leaves its viewers guessing what will happen next.
Academic text (1998) -
Many North American health educators were introduced to popular education through comic-book-style novelas that teach topics like HIV/AIDS.
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Programming must be a blend of novelas from Latin America and locally produced programs appealing to bilingual Hispanics.
Academic text (1995) -
Many people gather around the television to watch their favorite novela every evening.
Synonyms
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3.8
A TV drama from Latin America that tells one long romantic story in many episodes
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word novela comes from the Latin novellus, which means 'new', and it shares the same root as the English novel. So a novela is literally a 'new story', which helps explain why in Latin America the word is used for a long, dramatic TV story people follow every evening.