Portfolio In

21st Century Literature

from the Philippines
and the World
 Lesson 1: Literary Genres, Traditions and Forms Across the World

Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1944. She is one
of Ireland’ preeminent contemporary poets and the author of A
Poet’s Dublin and A Women Without a Country, among others.
Boland is currently working as a professor of English at Stanford
University, where she directs the creative writing program.
She lives in California with her husband, the author Kevin
Casey, and their two daughters. In "Atlantis: A Lost Sonnet," Eavan
Boland uses literary devices to illustrate and express her ideas.

The different types of 21st literary genres:

Diary - It is a collection of discrete accounts of a person’s experiences and thoughts each day.
Drama - It is a literary work that tells a story through actions and dialogues.
Comedy - A type of drama that makes the audience laugh.
Fiction - It is a literature that describes imaginary events and people.
Blog - This refers to your regular thoughts, opinions, or experiences that you put on the internet
for the people to read.

Literary devices - are techniques a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing.
Examples are:
Simile - It is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
Metaphor - is a figure of speech in which ideas, actions, or objects are described in non-literal
terms.
Symbolism - refers to the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea in a written
work to represent something else—typically a broader message or deeper meaning that differs
from its literal meaning. The things used for symbolism are called "symbols," and they’ll often
appear multiple times throughout a text, sometimes changing in meaning as the plot
progresses.
Hyperbole - is an exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally by the reader. It is
often used for comedic effect and/or emphasis.
Imagery - is a figure of speech where an author describes a scene, thing, or idea so that it
appeals to our senses (taste, smell, sight, touch, or hearing). Imagery uses vivid and figurative
language to engage the senses and depict an object, person, scene, or feeling.
5 types of Imagery:

 Visual Imagery – appeals to the sense of sight and plays the largest roles in imagery in
literature. It describes what a sense or character looks like.
 Auditory Imagery – describes specific sound that are happening within the story.
 Olfactory Imagery – describes a particular scent.
 Gustatory Imagery – pertains to the sense of taste.
 Tactile Imagery – appeals to the sense of touch.
 Lesson 2: 21st Century Literary Genres

What is 21st Century Literary?

 New literary work created within the last decade.

 Written by CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS.
 Often breaks traditional.
What is a 21st CENTURY READER?

 Uses TECHNOLOGY as a PRIMARY LEARNING TOOL.

 Capable of navigating and digital interpretation digital formats and media messages.
 Processes Literary Skills.

Famous Artist with their Literary Work

Bob Ong
Robert “Bob” Ong is a contemporary Filipino author
born on February 1975 in Quezon city. He is known for
his pseudonym “Bob Ong” and is conversational
writing technique which creates humorous and
reflective depictions of Philippine Life.

Ricky Lee
Ricardo Arreola Lee (born March 19, 1948) is a Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist,
and playwright. Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays, which earned
him more than 70 trophies from various award-giving bodies including three life achievement
awards from the Cinemanila International Film Festival.
Ricky Lee's notable works include screenplays for acclaimed films like "Himala", "Jose
Rizal", "The Flor Contemplacion Story", "Muro Aml", and "Deathrow". His two short storles,
"Huwag Mong Kukuwentuhan ang Batang si Hweng Fu" and "Servando Magdamag" won first
prize at the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. Adding to his list is the upcoming historical
movle, "Cullon," a Metro Manila Film Festival 2019 hopeful.
 MAJOR LITERARY GENRES
1. Poetry – it is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through MEANING, SOUND,
and RHYTHMIC LANGUAGE CHOICES to evoke an emotional
response.
 EMPLOY METER AND RHYME – patterns in the sound.
 Measured beat, established by patterns of stressed
and unstressed.
 RHYTHM – the sound of each line of poetry/flow of
sound.
 Overall tempo or pace.

Some of the famous poems in the Philippines and in the World

Benilda Santos
A recipient of3 Carlos Palanca Awards of Literature in poetry
(both English and Filipino works). Benilda Santos has proved
herself as a poetic power. Example of her work is Medusa, a
poetry.

2. DRAMA

 A composition in PROSE or VERSE presenting in

DIALOUGE or PANTOMINE a story involving conflict
more contrast of character, especially on intended to be
acted on stage.
 A story enacted on stage for a live audience.

3. NON – FICTION

 Is a form of writing based on facts, events, real people, and

real-life occurrences.
 Based on FACTS and the author’s opinion about a subject.
 Its purpose is to INFORM and sometimes to PERSUADE.
  Ex. Biographies, articles, magazines, and newspapers.
4. FICTION

 Created from the IMAGINATION.

 Plot, setting, and characters created from the
IMAGINATION.
Types of Fiction:

 Short stories
 Novelas – shorter than novels.

Illustrated Novels

 Story through text and illustrated images.

 The Narrative is presented without words and the reader must I
interpret the images to comprehend the story completely.

Digi – Fiction

 Three media literature.

 It is literary experience that combines three media: book,
movie/video, and internet websites.
 To get the full story, students must engage in
NAVIGATION, READING and VIEWING in all three forms.
Graphic Novel

 Narrative in COMIC book formats.

 This story is conveyed to the readers through comic form.
Manga

 Japanese word for COMICS.

 Used in English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books
and graphic novels originally published in Japan.
 Considered as ARTISTIC and STORYTELLING STYLE.
Doddle Fiction

 A literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle

drawings and handwritten graphics in place of traditional font.

Chick – Lit

 Genre of fiction which addresses issues of modern women-hood,

often humorous and lightheartedly.

Speculative Fiction

 Dystopian, supernatural fiction, weird fiction, superhero

fiction apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, fantastical fiction, sci-fi.

Text-talk Novels

 Blogs, emails, and IM format narrative stories told almost entirely in

dialogue simulating social network exchanges.

Spoken Poetry
Oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play and intonation and voice inflection.
Because it is performed, this poetry tends to demonstrate a heavy use of rhythm, improvisation,
free association, rhymes, rich poetic phrases, word play and slang. It is more aggressive and "in
your face" than more traditional forms of poetry.
What is Spoken Word Poetry?
Spoken word poetry is written for performance, showcasing rhythm, improvisation,
rhymes, and word play. It differs from traditional poetry with its more aggressive and expressive
style.

Blog

 A weblog, a website containing short articles called posts that are

changed regularly, some blogs are written by one person containing
their own opinions, interests, and experiences, while others are
written by different people.

Creative Non-Fiction
Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-
fiction. A genre of writing that uses literary styles and
techniques to create factually accurate narratives.
As a genre, creative non-fiction is still relatively
young and is only beginning to be scrutinized with the
same critical analysis given to fiction and poetry.
Also referred to as:

 Personal journalism
 Literary journalism
 Dramatic non-fiction
 The new non-fiction
 The non-fiction novel
 The new journalism
 Parajournalism
 The literature of fact
.