21st Century Literary Forms and Genres

• Most common literary forms in 21st Century Philippine Literature:

  1. Graphic Novel

  • Strange Natives by Pablo Herras
  • Maktan 1521 by Tepai Pascual
  • 14 by Manix Abrera
  • Trese by Budjette Tan

  
  

  2. Creative Non-Fiction

  • What Distance Tells Us by Johanna Michelle Lim
  • Happy Na, Gay Pa by Danton Remoto
• 1. Blog

  • Also known as "weblog"
  • Written in informal diary-style text entries covering a wide range of topics
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  8. Cyberpunk Fiction

  • A subgenre of science fiction depicting a society divided between the rich and the poor due to advanced technology
• 2. Textula

  • Considered genres of a Tanaga, a traditional Filipino poem with 4 lines and 7 syllables in each line
  • Meant to be written and read on mobile phones
• 3. Free Verse Poetry

  • Can be about any topics
  • Does not follow traditional rules of meter or rhyme
• 4. Performance Poetry

  Also known as spoken word poetry

  Meant to be performed in front of an audience

  Can be pre-written or spontaneously composed during the performance
• 5. Chick Lit

  Fiction works written by women for women

  Features a light-hearted, smart, and funny plot with a strong female main character navigating the modern world
• 6. Flash Fiction

  • A literary work with a particular word count
  • Often referred to as "short short story"
• 7. Speculative Fiction

  • Speculative Fiction is also known as "super genre" because it usually combines different genres, which include science fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate history, and supernatural fiction
• The most common literary genres of 21st Century Philippine Literature include:

  Blogs

  Textula

  Free Verse Poetry

  Performance Poetry

  Chick Lit

  Flash Fiction

  Speculative Fiction

  Cyberpunk Fiction
• Tone in poetry is usually related to "voice" or "style" and can have formal or informal distinctions
• Symbolism in poetry refers to the symbols used by the writer in the poem and is sometimes considered as part of figurative language
• Figurative language requires a point of comparison, whereas symbolism can stand alone as a description in itself
• Imagery in poetry refers to the images created by the words in the poem
• Imagery does not necessarily need to be figurative to create an image in your mind, whereas figurative language needs to use a point of comparison