Emerging Trends in

Philippine Literature
Creative Nonfiction
Lesson 5
Essay
 01
Creative Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction

It is a 21st Century
literary form.
Creative nonfiction is
seen more as a
category or a method
of classification to
differentiate it from
other types of essays.
Creative Nonfiction
For a work to be
considered creative
nonfiction, it must
use creative writing
techniques more
commonly found in
fiction.

Essays that have clear

narrative elements or
use of fictional
techniques are
classified as
nonfiction.
 Genres are classifications or ways of
differentiating one thing from the other.

Genres are not static. They can change

over time to reflect the changes in
society.
 02
Text Structures
Markers
Narration
Description It is the act of
telling a story.
It is an account
of a person,
object or event,
that enables the
reader to get a Anecdotes
clear picture of
Are short stories
what is being
based on true
described.
accounts
Markers
Dialogue
Characteristics These are
conversations
These are the
found in written
mental and moral
works such as
qualities that
books, plays or
make someone
films.
distinctive.
Insight
In literature, it
is the expansion
of understanding
gained by the
narrator or
reader.
 03
Essays
 An Essay is simply “a short piece of
writing that tells people’s thoughts or
opinions about a subject”.

Almost any type of writing can

technically be considered an essay, as
long as it is short and about a subject.
History of
Essay Writing Development
continued after the
Revolution.

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Span
Raise
awareness Personal
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History of 1980s

Essay Writing

1970s
• Rapid growth
of the Free
• Marti
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• Essays have
• Oppre
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Creative
Nonfiction
 04
Analysis
These elements allow
the essay to
transcend being
simply the
recollections of the
author, and allow
the reader to share
the memories in a
more active way.