The Fanfiction Phenomenon

Abstract

The Fanfiction Phenomenon is an introductory blog to fanfiction. This blog, run by Jenny, Julia and Sofia, is a project for the SLM program at Linköping University.

Fanfiction is in short, the word most often used to describe a literary work – usually published on the internet – made by fans for a specific creative work that already exists i.e a fanfiction could be a creative work building on the characters and world from a tv-show, a literary work, a movie among many other creative formats. Fanfiction is made by fans, for fans.