21st Century Literature

Why 21st Century Literature only ?

• On or about December 2000,

something major happened to
literature.
 Center for Research in Twenty-
first Century Writings
• The first decade of the new
millennium witnessed a range of
exciting developments in
contemporary writings in English,
from innovations in recognized
forms such as the NOVEL, POEM,
PLAY, and SHORT STORY to
development in DIGITAL
WRITINGS, and CREATIVE
WRITINGS.
 1. TEXTULA
Entire poems are
written and read on
mobile phones
Si MEGAN YOUNG nang manalo
A Textula
Nagbunyi ang Pilipino by Frank G. Rivera

May dala sanang asenso

Magkakapag-asa tayo.

Bayang mahilig sa ganda

Inuuna ang postura
Walang laman ang bituka
Kundi gasgas na pag-asa.

Nagkagyera sa Mindanao
Kaban ng bayan ninakaw
Sa Bagyo’y daming pumanaw
MISS WORLD, salamat sa araw.
 2. HYPERTEXT
POETRY
Readers move from one website to another
because of embedded links in the words.
Sometimes not returning to the original
pages at all.
 3. DIGITAL FICTION
Digital Fiction is fiction that is written for and
read from a computer and can be Web- or
app-based (for tablets and smartphones) or
accessed via CD-ROMs. ... Digital fictions
therefore require that the reader interacts with
the narrative throughout the reading
experience.
A Short History
➢ FIRST GENERATION considers narratives
of the pre-World Wide Web era
➢ SECOND GENERATION includes those
produced and published within the World
Wide Web and further.
4. GRAPHIC NOVELS
• Narrative in comic
book formats.
 THE FIRST BIG COMICS TO NOT USE
ANY NARRATION BOXES
OR THOUGHT BUBBLES AT ALL.

FONE BONE,
SMILEY BONE, &
PHONEY BONE
 5. MANGA

A generic term for all comic

books and graphic novels
originally published in Japan .
➢ Kyoden SANTO was a
painter and
a Gesaku (light literature)
writer who lived during
the Edo Period.
➢ His real name is Samuru
IWASE.
 Doraemon
KODOMO
➢Children’s
Manga

Hello Kitty
 SHOJO
Girl’s Manga

by Masashi Kishimoto

SHONEN
Boy’s Manga

by Naoko Takeuchi
 JOSEI
Women’s Manga

SEINEN
Men’s Manga
 DOODLE
“to draw, sketch or scribble idly”
especially while you are doing
something else.
ZENTANGLE
ZENDOODLING
The focus, design, repetitive tangle
patterns can be in colour.
STENDOODLING

Uses stencils to create an image

outline, patterns within the design
and even the individual doodle
patterns.
 MANDALA
Mandalas can be any shape,
but must be an integrated
structure organized around a
unifying centre. Mandalas
contain repetitive geometric
patterns, working from a
central point outwards, they
are most often coloured and
can be very simple or hugely
intricate.
 6. DOODLE FICTION

Incorporates doodle drawings and

hand written graphics in place of
traditional font.
The Prophecy

Poems meant to be recited in front of large

audiences have become more fashionable than
poems meant to be read silently by a single
reader.
 7. SPOKEN POETRY

Oral art that focus es on the a esthetic s

word play and intonation and voice
of inflection.
 Genre of fiction which
addresses issues of modern
womanhood, often humorously
and lightheartedly.
 9. ILLUSTRATED
NOVEL

Tell a story through words, then

use images to complement the
story.
 10. SPECULATIVE
FICTION
Speculative literature changes the laws
of what’s real or possible as we know
them in our current society, and then
speculates on the outcome.
 SYNTHESIS

Why is it important to
study the different 21st
century literary form?