21st Century
Literary
Genre
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Objectives
• compare and contrast the various literary
genres of 21st century literature in terms of
description, elements and structure.
• value the importance of knowing the
development of literature through the ages
Genre
• The term genre refers to a type of art, literature, or
music characterized by a specific form, content, and
style.
• It is necessary on the part of readers to know which
category of genre they are reading in order to
understand the message it conveys, as they may have
certain expectations prior to the reading concerned.
Poetry
• is an arrangement of words in lines having rhythm
• lines rhyme, as in this narrative poem
• lines of poetry (verses) are written in stanzas
• include patterns of rhyme to capture the reader’s
interest, uses carefully selected words and phrases to
create vivid pictures in the readers mind.
Fiction
• is an untrue story.
• Characters and events may be realistic, even though
they might be unusual or even unlikely in some way.
Drama
• cast of characters, a narrator who gives important
information, parts called acts or scenes, props to help
support action, dialogue that tells what the actors
say stage directions in italics
Creative Nonfiction
• is a branch of writing that employs the literary
techniques usually associated with fiction or poetry
to report on actual persons, places, or events.
Hyperpoet
ry
• also called cyberpoetry
• Much poetry on the web is basically just traditional
work uploaded
• could not be presented without the computer;
Poetry written in a hypertext medium.
Blogs
• A website, similar to an online journal, that includes
chronological entries made by individuals.
• The word blog was derived from the combination of
the word web and log.
Textula
• entire poems are written and read on mobile phones
traces its origins to the traditional Tagalog form of
poetry called tanaga
TEXTULA ni FRANK G. RIVERA, ang MAKATA NG CELLPHONE
Setyembre 29, 2013
Bayang mahilig sa ganda/
Inuuna ang postura/
Walang laman ang bituka/
Kundi gasgas na pag-asa.//
Si MEGAN YOUNG nang manalo/
Nagbunyi ang Pilipino/
May dala sanang asenso/
Magkakapag-asa tayo.//
Nagkagyera sa Mindanao/
Kaban ng bayan ninakaw/
Sa Bagyo’y daming pumanaw/
MISS WORLD, salamat sa araw.//
Chick Lit
• Is a fiction which addresses issues of modern
womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly.
• the heroine's relationship with her family or friends is
often just as important as her romantic relationships.
Flash Fiction
• fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few
hundred words or fewer in its entirety
• also known as sudden fiction, micro fiction, short
short stories, and quick fiction.
3 Characteristics of
Flash Fiction
• Brevity
• A complete plot
• Surprise
Posted on 24 Jul 2012
ang baliw*
Carlo Doci’s “Salome and the Head of St. John the Baptist”
“Naririyan na naman ang ermitanyo,” sabi nila. Subalit makapangyarihan ang tinig nito. Hindi
mapasusubalian ang hatak ng kanyang pagkatao. Sino nga ba ang dapat maniwala sa taong nakadamit sako,
kumakain ng insekto at pulot, at laging nasa ilang? Wala… pero ang katotohanan sa kaniyang tinig, hindi nila
mapasinungalingan.
Milagro, sabi nila ang kapanganakan niya. Matanda na ang kanyang mga magulang at baog pa ang kaniyang
ina. Pero, isang araw, iniluwal ang isang malusog na sanggol na lalaki. Ang napiping ama, ang nagsabi ng
kaniyang magiging pangalan.
Hindi siya ang magpapalaya sa bayang malaon nang inalipin, paglilinaw niya. Hindi siya, hindi siyang
nakadamit sako, mahaba ang buhok, kumakain ng balang at pulot, at laging nasa ilang.
Alam niya ang kapalit ng kaniyang ginagawang pagbubunyag ng kasinungalinga’t kawalang katarungan sa
kaniyang bayan… pero hindi niya ito alintana. Hinahatak siya ng isang puwersang hindi niya maipaliwanag.
Kaya nga siya, siya na nakadamit sako, kumakain ng insekto’t pulot, at mahaba ang buhok, gusgusin ang
laging sumisigaw: “Ako ang tinig sa ilang, patagin ninyo ang Kaniyang mga landas.”
Isang araw, nagulantang ang buong bayan… ang kaniyang ulo, nasa ibabaw ng pilak na pinggan…. dahil sa
pagmamahal niya sa kabanalan at katotohanan…. wala na siya ngunit naroroon pa rin, umaalingawngaw ang
kaniyang tinig sa ilang…
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Illustrated Novels
• Textual portions
are presented in
traditional form.
Some illustrated
novels may
contain no text at
all.
Digi-Fiction
• is a literary experience that combines the three
media: book, movie/video and internet website. In
order to get the full story, students must engage in
navigation, reading, viewing in all three formats.
Graphic Novel
• is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to
the reader using comic form.
• The term is employed in a broad manner,
encompassing non-fiction works and thematically
linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a
number of genre.
Manga
• is the Japanese word for comics
• It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic
term for all comic books and graphic novels originally
published in Japan
• is considered an artistic and story telling style.
Doodle Fiction
• a literary presentation where the author incorporates
doodle drawing and hand written graphics in place of
traditional font.
• Drawing enhance the story, often adding humorous
elements that would be missing if the illustrations
were omitted
Illustrated Novels
• story through text and illustrated images; 50% of the
narrative is presented without words; the readers
must interpret the message
Text-Talk novels
• stories told almost completely in dialogue simulating
social network exchanges
Science Fiction/Speculative
Fiction
• speculating fiction dealing with imaginative concepts
such as futuristic science and technology
• A speculative fiction highlights a human rather than
technological problem
• WATCH THE VIDEO
• Then make an original composition based on
the video watched. Work with a pair. Use one
genre discussed.
