New 21stCentury

Poetry

• Is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response.

• meter, rhyme, scheme, verse & stanza

Drama

is a composition in prose or verse presented through dialogues. It pantomimes a story involving conflict more contrast of character, especially intended to be acted on a stage: a play

Important elements of drama

Plot, Characterization, Dialogue, Setting, Theme, Conflicts, Symbolism, Foreshadowing, Tension & Climax, Mood & Tone

Fiction

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

Examples of Fiction

Novels

Fable

Short Story

Folktale

Legend

Novella

Fairy tale

Epic

Myth

Non-Fiction

Is based on facts and the author’s opinion about the subject.

Examples of Non-Fiction

Biography

Autobiography

Letter

Journal

Diary

Essay

Article

Informational Text

Illustrated Novel

- Text and Illustrated Images

- 50% of its narrative is presented without words

- Reader must interpret images to comprehend the story completely

- No Text at all

Example of Illustrated Novel

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret written and illustrated by Brian Selznick

• The Arrival is a wordless graphic novel written by Shaun Tan

Digi-Fiction

• Triple Media Literature

• Navigation, Reading and Viewing in all 3 forms

Triple Media Literature

• Book

• Movie or Video

• Internet or Website

Digi-Ficition Examples

• Patrick Carman’s (Skeleton Creek)

• Anthony Zuiker’s (level 26)

Graphic novel

-the story is conveyed to the reader using a COMIC FORM

-fiction, non-fiction, history, fantasy, or anything in-between.

-use sequential art to tell a story

Example of graphic novel

Archie Comics

Manga

-Japanese word for comics

-originally produced and published in Japan.

-The word itself is comprised of two characters:

man 漫 meaning “whimsical” and ga 画 meaning “pictures.”

Shonen Boy’s Manga (courtesy of VIZ Media)

• Naruto

• One piece

• Bleach

Shojo-Girl’s Manga (Courtesy of kodansha comics madman entertainment)

• Sailor moon

Seinen-Men’s Manga(Courtesy of Kodansha Comics Madman Entertainment)

• Akira

Kodomo-Children’s Manga(Shogakukan, 21st Century Publishing House, Fujiko Pro, VIZ Media, Sanrio Inc.)

• Hello kitty

• Doraemon

Doodle Fiction (the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font.)

• Timmy Failure

• Diary of Wimpy Kid

Text-Talk Novels

• narratives written in blogs, email,IM and messaging format

• social network exchanges

Four conventional Literary Genres

• Poetry

• Drama

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Example of Poetry

• Trees by Joyce Kilmer

Who is the writer and illustrator of the invention of hugo cabret

Brian Selznick

Who is the writer and illustrator of the arrival

Shaun tan

meter

Measurement

Examples of text talk novels

Email, blog, IM

Who is the inventor or writer of level 26 book

Anthony zuiker’s

Who is the inventor or writer of skeleton creek book

Patrick carman’s

Verse & Stanza

The Division of lines

rhyme & scheme

sound pattern or same sound

Chick Lit or Chick Literature

A fiction genre which addresses issues of modern womanhood

A female protagonist

It started with a kiss (miranda dickinson)

The night before christmas (scarlett bailey)

Check lit or chick literature

Flash Fiction

is a very short story, usually somewhere between 750-1500 words.

Everyone cried by (lydia davis)

423 word work

Flash fiction

Six-Word

Flash Fiction

is an entire story told in six words. It is a short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer stories—from funny to dramatic, sad to scary.

For sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn (ernest hemingway)

Six-Word Flash Fiction

Creative Non-Fiction

uses elements of creative writing to present a factual, true story.

1000 gifts (Ann Voskamp)

Wind sand and stars (antoine de saint-exupéry)

Creative Non-Fiction

Science fiction

is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

Literature of Ideas

an exploration of the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations

Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)

Kingdom of ash (Sarah J. Maas)

Literature of Ideas

Blog

a regular record of your thoughts, opinions, or experiences that you put on the internet for other people to read

Hyper Poetry

is poetry that is available on a webpage and which takes advantage of hyperlinks.

For example, there may be a word in a poem that is a link, so when the reader clicks on the word, an image, website, or even another poem pops up to be read.