21st Century Literary Genre

• 21st Century Literature refers to new literary work
• 21st Century Reader


  • Grew using technology as a primary learning tool
• Major Literary Genres

  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction
• Poetry


  An imaginative awareness of experiences expressed through meaning, sound & rhythmic language
• Drama


  A composition in a pace or verse presenting a story involving characters, intended to be acted on stage
• Fiction


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


  • Novel
  • Short story
• Non-Fiction


  Based on facts and the author's opinion about a subject, with the purpose to inform or persuade
• Non-Fiction

  • Biographies
  • Articles from textbooks
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
• 21st Century Literary Genres

  • Illustrated Novel
  • Digi-Fiction
  • Graphic Novel
  • Doodle Fiction
  • Text-Talk Novels
  • Chick Lit
  • Flash Fiction
  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Science Fiction
• Illustrated Novel


  A story through text and illustrated images, where 50% of the narrative is presented without words
• Illustrated Novel


  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  • The Arrival by Shaun Tan
• Digi-Fiction


  Combines three media: book, movie/video, and internet video
• Digi-Fiction


  • Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek
  • Anthony Zuiker's Level 26
• Graphic Novel


  Narrative in comic book format, where the story is conveyed using comic form
• Graphic Novel


  • Archie Comics by John Goldwater and illustrator Bob Montana
• 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, drawings, and handwritten graphics
• Doodle Fiction


  • The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
  • Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis
• Text-Talk Novels


  Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges
• Chick Lit


  Genre fiction addressing issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly
• Chick Lit


  • The Night Before Christmas
• Flash Fiction


  A style of fictional literature of extreme brevity
• Flash Fiction


  • Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"
  • Margaret Atwood: "Longed for him. Cried for him."
• Creative Non-Fiction


  Also known as literary non-fiction, uses literary style and techniques to create factually accurate narratives
• Science Fiction


  A genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, and extraterrestrial life
• Blog


  A website containing short articles, called posts, that are updated regularly
• Hyper Poetry


  Digital poetry that uses links and hypertext markup