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21 Century Literature
From the Philippines and
the World

MODULE 1
Lesson 3:
21st CENTURY LITERATURE AND IN
EARLY PERIODS

This module belongs to:

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

 understand the differences between Earlier Period and in 21st Century

Literature.
 write a composition about the differences of the periods presented.
 Lesson 3:
Overview
A literary convention is the name given to a well-established technique
or feature of a particular genre. It is commonly used device or aspect of a
certain kind of work. If you are reading a certain type of literary work, you
can expect it to conform to certain conventions. In this lesson, you will
understand how literature evolved from the Earlier Period and in 21st Century.

Definition of Terms:
Modern literature – is a predominantly English genre of fiction writing,
popular from roughly the 1910s up to the 1960s.

Contemporary literature – is literature with its setting generally after World

War II.

Preliminary Activity.

Read and answer the question below.

 What have you learned in the Spanish Period and Contemporary Period?
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 Let Us Talk About It

- Modern Literature and Contemporary Literature are names of literary periods. Literary
scholars commonly ascribe certain characteristics to the literature of each period.
Identifying historical literary periods can be broadly helpful in organizing our sense of
the evolution of literary practice.
- At the same time, however, it is well to remember that writers do not ordinarily begin
to write by considering what typifies the period they are writing in.
- Literature before has a strict conformity on system, norm, elitism, and romanticism
while literature now can have free verse, focus on peculiar subjects, unconventional
point of views, and topics can be about technology and new knowledge.
- Literature starts way back in prehistory when everything was in the oral tradition. But
literature before and after 21st century have an oral lore. Before, mythology and epics
were being told from one generations to another while our contemporary literature
have spoken word performances, poetry reading, etc.

In the 21st Century Literature, the genre
that are used are poetry, speculative fiction,
drama, blogs, mobile text tula, chick lit, flash
fiction, fliptop, encuetro, spoken words.
- Novels are now made into movies,
especially the famous ones.
- The words that are used are trendy
than before.
- The target market of novels this
time are the teenagers.
- The forms of writing are more
liberated than before.
- Most of the novels today are now in
sequels.
In the Earlier Period, the elements that are
used are characters, setting, plot, theme, and
style.
- The writings are more formal than
now.
- The stories that are written during
this times are now serious.
- This periods of literature still can
be used until now.
- Mostly the themes are about
fairytales
- Themes are also about serious
events.

Now that you understand literature in earlier period and in 21 st century, let’s check how
much you have learned the topic by answering the following activities.

Writing Activity No. 1

Name: _________________________ Date: ________________________
Grade: _________________________ Score: ________________________
Direction: Answer the questions below.
1. How literature evolved from the Earlier Periods and 21st Century?
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2. Describe the literature in the 21st Century and in Earlier Periods.

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3. What is the importance of 21st century literature?

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Writing Activity No. 2

Name: _________________________ Date: ________________________
Grade: _________________________ Score: ________________________
Direction: Research sample literature from the Earlier Periods and in 21st Century.
 Earlier Period
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 21st Century
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REFERENCE

Chua, R. (2016). 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. 4/F SEDCCO 1
Bldg. 120 Thailand corner Legazpi Streets. Legaspi Vilage, 1229 Makati City
Philippines. Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

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