21st Century Literature

Literary Genre

    Classification of Texts

Illustrated Novel

Majority are images

ex. Alice in wonderland, Ghosts

Digital/Digi Fiction

Physical Book and Online

Triple Media - books, movies, online

ex. 

Graphic Novels

Comic Book Format 

Images, Pictures, Panels, Speech Bubbles

ex. Ghosts, Drama, Smile

Manga

Japanese Comic

Ameri-Manga - American Manga

Classifications:

 Shounen            Josei : nana

 Shojo               Kodomo

 Seinen : tokyo ghoul - chainsaw man

Doodle Fiction

Doodle writing and drawing

ex. Diary of a wimpy kid, dork diaries

Text-Talk Novels

Blog, email, text in narrative format

ex. Twitter Aus

Chick lit

Life and struggles of women

ex. Devil wears prada, Legally blonde

Flash Fiction

Short Story that tell what the story is about in short words

ex. 5 word horror stories

Science Fiction

Sci-fi. Futuristic

ex. Starwars

Blog

Personal Experience

Article Format

ex. Cooking, Fashion

Creative NonFiction

Crontrass with technical writing (factual)

autobigraphy - basrd on true story and it factual

ex. Catch me if you can, titanic, the act

Hyper poetry

Uses hypertext markup (link in text)

3 main genres of literature

  1. Prose

  2. Poetry

  3. Drama

Notable differences of 21st Century Literature from Early Periods

  1. Use of 21st Century Literature - Website

Implications: comment, share, access easily. Eradicates the need to go to the library

  1. Self-Publishing to Introduce Their Creative Work

Before: writing was very tedious - Now: click of a button

  1. New Genre - CNF (Creative nonfiction)

Speculative Fiction (Sci-fi) and LGBT Themes

  Speculative Fiction - ideas that could have a possibility of becoming real

  LGBT Themes - Slow progress in the Philippines

                             Misconception : stories showcased inappropriate acts

  1. Accessibility of literature from every part of the world

Medias from other countries can be easily accessed

  1. Classic Literature Preservation and Survival

Help of text and adaptation

 

Literary Techniques

    Captivates readers attention as it adds spice

  Figures of Speech

    Expression beyond literal meaning (connotation) 

Simile

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Metaphor

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Hyperbole

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Euphemism

Downplaying words or phrases as to not sound offensive

Ex. You are facially challenged

youre vertically challenged 

Apostrophe

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Allegory

Hidden message in stories

Ex. Noli Me Tangere

Texts and Contexts are essential parts of literature

  Texts

     Words, form, and structure

  Text Structure

  • Prose - paragraph

  • Poetry - lines, stanzas, rhymes, rhymes scheme, mood, tone, meter

  • Drama - Dialogue

  Context

    Circumstances/Situations in the social environment to fully understand what is happening (background information)

  Purpose

  • Enable readers to understand

  • Provide information, new concepts, and words

Literary Context

Writers Context

Life of Writer

Readers Context

Impression as a reader

Text Context

Publication history

Socio Context

Environmental Issue