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The introduction outlines the literary-historical and cultural significance of Cirilo VillaverdeVillaverdeCirilo’s iconic creation, Cecilia ValdésCecilia Valdés. Beginning with her first appearance in VillaverdeVillaverdeCirilo’s short story and incomplete novel of 1839, and further stimulated by the 1882 novel’s recognized classic status, Cecilia-inspired literary and transmedia adaptationsadaptations and imitations have come to anchor a storytelling and multi-media complex somewhat comparable to the franchises generated by commercial media or by public domain works such as Don Quijote. While transtextuality and related concepts illuminate the Cecilia franchisefranchise or complex, adaptationadaptationrefutational theory offers a particularly useful set of concepts (e.g., fidelity theory, remaking, transgressive revisionism) for discussion of the variety and number of Cecilia-related properties.

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Introduction: Cuba’s Cecilia Valdés—Transmedia Archetype, Icon, and Muse

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    2025年

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  • Lucy Harney

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The introduction outlines the literary-historical and cultural significance of Cirilo VillaverdeVillaverdeCirilo’s iconic creation, Cecilia ValdésCecilia Valdés. Beginning with her first appearance in VillaverdeVillaverdeCirilo’s short story and incomplete novel of 1839, and further stimulated by the 1882 novel’s recognized classic status, Cecilia-inspired literary and transmedia adaptationsadaptations and imitations have come to anchor a storytelling and multi-media complex somewhat comparable to the franchises generated by commercial media or by public domain works such as Don Quijote. While transtextuality and related concepts illuminate the Cecilia franchisefranchise or complex, adaptationadaptationrefutational theory offers a particularly useful set of concepts (e.g., fidelity theory, remaking, transgressive revisionism) for discussion of the variety and number of Cecilia-related properties.