Last of 21st cent

• Literary works written and published at the later part of the 21st century (from 2001-onwards)


  • Gender sensitive
  • Technologically alluding
  • Culturally pluralistic
  • Operates on the extreme reality or extreme fiction
  • Questions conventions and supposedly absolute norms
• Poetry

  Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the reader
• The art of poetry

  For entertaining and exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative or elevated thoughts
• Text Tula


  Mobile phone poetry, short traditional formal verses are used in this form of genre, composed of 7777 syllable count with rhyme scheme aabb, abab, abba
• Tanaga


  • A type of Filipino poem consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhymes at the end of each line
• Hyperpoetry


  A form of digital poetry that uses links using hypertext mark-ups, very visual forms related to hypertext fiction and visual arts, the links mean that a hypertext poem has net order, the poem moving or being generalized in response to the links that the reader/user chooses
• Hyperpoetry


  • It can either involve set words, phrases, lines, etc. that are presented in variable order but sit on the page much as traditional poetry does, usually found online, also called cyberpoetry, has many definitions and is difficult to categorize, true hyperpoetry refers to works of verse which could not be presented without the computer, includes verse with links to sub-poems or footnotes, poetry "generators," poetry with movement or images, highly steeped in the visual and sometimes involves parts that are read in varying orders
• Spoken Word Poetry


  A type of poem performed or read in artistic and emotive manner which can be accompanied by music or presented in the streets or bars, even in café shops
• Juan Miguel Severo


  • The most viewed Youtube filipino spoken word artist, whose original poems have been performed in tv dramas like "On the wings of love"
• Drama


  The genre of literature with stories composed of verse or prose which is meant to be dramatically or theatrically performed, emotions and conflicts are expressed through dialogue and movements or actions
• Fiction


  Literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation
• Illustrated Novel


  Story through text and illustrated images, 50% of the Narrative is presented without words, the reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely, textual portions are presented in traditional form, some may contain no text at all, span all genres
• Illustrated Novels

  • The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  • The Arrival by Shaun Tan
• Graphic Novel


  Narrative in comic book formats, the term is employed broadly manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres
• Flash Fiction


  A style of fictional literature of extreme brevity, also known as micro stories, postcard fiction, nanotales and short shorts, common characteristics are brevity, complete plot, and surprising ending
• Chick Lit or Chick Literature

  Genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly
• Short Story

  Brief fiction that can be read in one seating and is not able to support any subplots
• Realistic Fiction


  A story that can actually happen and is true to real life
• Historical Fiction

  A story with fictional characters and events in historical settings
• Horror


  Frightfully shocking, terrifying or revolting stories
• Mystery

  Deals with unravelling of secrets and solution of a crime
• Speculative Fiction


  A term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction and alternative history in literature as well as related static, motion and virtual arts
• Digi-Fiction


  Triple Media Literature that combines book, movie/video and internet website, to get the full story students must engage in navigation, reading, viewing in all three forms
• Digi-Fiction Examples

  • Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek
  • Anthony Zuiker's Level 26
• Manga


  Japanese word for comics, used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels originally published in Japan
• Doodle Fiction


  Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing and drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font, drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements
• Text-Talk Novels

  Blogs, weblog with short articles called posts that are changed regularly, email and IM format narratives, stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges
• Creative Non-Fiction


  Also known as Literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives
• Plot Diagram

  An organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story, allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories
• 5 Parts of Plot Diagram

  • Exposition
  • Conflict
  • Rising Action
  • Climax
  • Falling Action
  • Resolution
• Exposition


  The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time
• Conflict


  The primary problem that drives the plot of the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or overcome
• Rising Action


  Where the suspense builds and the problem gets worse and becomes more complicated, there are often multiple steps or parts in the rising action, the climax is the turning point in the story and is the most exciting part
• Climax

  The most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character
• Falling Action

  Everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping-up of plot points, questions being answered, and character development
• Resolution


  Also called the denouement, is the final solution for the story, when the story has come to a conclusion, where the protagonist experiences an end result, whether positive or negative