21ST (LESSON3) - LITERARY GENRE

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

Refers to new literary work created within the last decade
deal with current themes/ issues and reflects a technological culture
breaks traditional writing rules

21st Century Reader

Grew up using technology as a primary learning tool
Capable of navigating and interpreting digital formats and media messages

Keyboarding •Internet navigation •Interpretation of technological speak •Ability to communicate •Interpret coded language and decipher graphic

LITERACY SKILLS

POETRY

•Imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices

DRAMA

to be acted on a stage: A play

A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue

FICTION

created from imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation

Examples: Novel, Short Story, Novella

NON FICTION

based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject

Examples: biographies, articles from textbooks, magazines and newspapers

ILLUSTRATED NOVEL

story through text and illustrated images

50% of the narrative is presented without words

The reader must interpret the images

DIGI-FICTION

Triple Media Literature

Combines three media: - Books - Movie/Video - Internet Website

GRAPHIC NOVEL

narrative in comic book formats

MANGA

Japanese word for comics

Used in the English-speaking world

originally published in Japan

Artistic and Storytelling style

AMERI-MANGA

Sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in manga style

SHONEN

Boy’s Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece)

SHOJO

Girl’s Manga (Sailormoon)

JOSEI

Women’s Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss)

KODOMO

Children’s Manga (Doraemon, Hello Kitty)

DOODLE FICTION

Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font

Drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements

TEXT-TALK NOVELS

Blogs, email and IM format narratives

Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.

CHICK LIT

a female protagonist whose femininity is heavily thermalizing in the plot

FLASH FICTION

style of fictional literature of extreme brevity

There is no widely accepted definition of the length and category. It could range from word to a thousand.

SIX-WORD FLASH FICTION

SCIENCE FICTION

genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life.

BLOG

Written by one person containing his or her own opinions, interests and experiences while others are written by different people

WEBLOG

a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly

HYPER POETRY

Digital poetry that uses links and hypertext mark-up (http://)