st

21 Century Literature
from the Philippines and the
World
Quarter 1 – Module 2:

Conventional and 21st Century Genres

 What I Need to Know

This module is a standalone section that you can use based on your needs and
intere
interests
sts to enh
enhanc
ancee you
yourr comp
compete
etency
ncy on how to difdiffer
ferent
entiat
iatee the var
variou
iouss 21s
21stt
century literary genres and the ones from the original genres, citing their elements,
structures and traditions.

After going through

through this module,
module, you are expected to:

1. di
diff
ffer
eren
enti
tiat thee 21st century literary genres, and the one’s from the
atee th
original genres;
2. enume
enumerate
rate th
thee eleme
elements,
nts, st
structu
ructures
res and ttradit
raditions
ions of ea
each
ch genre;
3. appre
appreciate
ciate the uniqu
uniquee fe
featur
atures
es of each genre
genre..

What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. It is a gen
genre
re of specu
speculat
lative
ive fic
ficti
tion
on deal
dealing
ing wit
with
h imagi
imaginat
native
ive conc
concept
eptss suc
such
h as
futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light
travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ion
n
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

2. A liter
literary
ary genre whwhich
ich combi
combines
nes thre
threee media: b
book,
ook, movi
movie/vide
e/video
o and inte
internet
rnet
website.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ionn
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n
3. A Lit
Litera
erary
ry pre
presen
senta
tatio
tion
n whe
where
re the aut
author
hor incor
incorpor
porat
ates
es doo
doodle
dle writ
writing
ing and
drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font Spanish
Period
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ion
n
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

4. Stori
Stories
es told almost en
entirel
tirely
y in dialogu
dialogue,
e, simul
simulatin
ating
g social netwo
network
rk exchan
exchanges.
ges.
a. Chick Lit
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Te
Text
xt-T
-Tal
alk
kNNov
ovel
el

5. It is a ge
genre
nre fic
fiction
tion wwhich
hich add
addresses
resses iissues
ssues of modern w
womanho
omanhood,
od, oft
often
en
humorously and lightheartedly.
a. Chick Lit
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. TeText
xt-T
-Tal
alk
kNNovovel
el

6. It is a webs
website
ite tha
thatt conta
contains
ins short a
articl
rticles
es posted an
and
d changed re
regular
gularly.
ly.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fic
icti
tion
on

7. Digit
Digital
al lite
literatu
rature
re that use
usess links an
and
d includ
includes
es parts th
that
at move or mu
mutat
tate.
e.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. DiDigi
gi-F
-Fic
icti
tion
on

8. It is a comic book o orr book sseries

eries publi
published
shed in Japan
Japan..
a. DiDigi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
teddNNov
ovel
el
d. Manga

9. Stori
Stories
es char
characteri
acterized
zed by ttheir
heir bre
brevity.
vity. It cou
could
ld range ffrom
rom a wo
word
rd to a
thousand.
a. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Nonf
nfic
icti
tion
on
b. Flash Fiction
c. Blog
d. Hy
Hype
perr P
Poe
oettry
10. Narrat
Narrative
ive work iin
n which a sstory
tory is ttold
old usin
using
g a comic fform.
orm.
a. Manga
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Gr
Graaph
phiic No
Nove
vell
d. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
ted
d No
Nove
vell

11. 39 Clues book series by Scholastic, where stories are told using the
combination of book, video, and website, is an example of this literary genre.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ion
n
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

12. Mashable by Pete Cashmore, where feature

feature stories around the world are
posted and updated, is an example of this literary genre.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fic
icti
tion
on

13. A story tha

thatt devel
develops
ops thr
throug
ough
h a scr
screen
eensho
shott of SMS conve
conversa
rsatio
tion
n like Vince
and
a.Kath
Chicby
k LJenny
it Ruth Almocera is an example
example of this literary genre.
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Hyper PPoe
oettry
d. Te
Text
xt-T
-Tal
alk
kN Nov
ovel
el

14. A story that u uses

ses lite
literary
rary tech
technique
niquess to create acc
accurate
urate nar
narrativ
ratives
es like tra
travel
vel
and nature stories in Robert Macfarlane’s The Wild Places Places is an example of
this literary genre.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ionn
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-FiFict
ctio
ion
n

15. The Hunger Games series that explores dystopian or post-

apocalyptic themes is an example of this literary genre.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ion
n
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n
 Lesson
21st Century Literary Genres
2
21st Century Literature
21st Century Literature refers to new literary work created within the last
decade.. It is wri
decade written
tten by ccontem
ontemporary
porary a
autho
uthors
rs which may deal wit withh curre
current
nt
themes/ issues and reflects a technological culture. It often breaks traditional
writing rules.
21st Century Reader

A 21st Century Reader grew up using technology as a primary learning tool.

He is capa
capabl
blee of na
navi
viga
gati
ting
ng an
andd inte
interp
rpre
reti
ting
ng digi
digita
tall form
format
atss an
and
d me
medi
dia
a
messag
mes sages.
es. He als
also
o pos
posses
sesses
ses lit
litera
eracy
cy ski
skills
lls,, whi
which
ch inc
includ
ludee tec
techno
hnolog
logica
icall

abilit
abilitie
iess such
such as kekeyb
yboaoard
rdin
ing,
g, in
inte
tern
rnet
et na
navi
viga
gati
tion
on,, inte
interp
rpre
reta
tati
tion
on of
technological speak, ability to communicate and interpret coded language and
decipher graphics.

What’s In

This module will help you classify literary pieces you have read or will be reading
into different 21st century literary genres.
 What’s New

Directions: Look for the conventional literary genres in the puzzle below and, on a
separate sheet of paper, answer the questions that follow.

W F H I O M B O Z I
A E C D R A M A A O
P T S U P B W P F L
U O T H U N D I I K
L I E S W R F Y C F
K F L T Q T W T T I
G X P M R A S K I C
H N W N L Y E V O T
D J R V A E R B N I
X Y J C U I U Y E O
N O N F I C T I O N

1. What a
are
re the fo
four
ur conv
conventio
entional
nal lit
literary
erary ge
genres
nres ha
have
ve you ffound
ound in the puz
puzzle?
zle?

The ffour
our convent
conventional
ional literary genres tthat
hat I ha
have
ve fou
found
nd in tthe
he puzzle are
fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry.

2. Wha
Whatt ar
aree th
their
eir u
uniq
nique
ue ffeat
eature
ures?
s?
Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning,
sound and rhythmic language. Drama is a composition of prose or verse presenting in
dialogue. Fiction is literature created from the imagination. Non-fiction is based on
facts and the author’s opinion about a subject.

Let’s recall the major lit erary genres!

POETRY - is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning,
sound and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response. It has
been known to employ meter and rhyme. The very nature of poetry as an
authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to
define.

DRAMA- is a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a

story involving conflict more contrast of character, especially on intended to
be acted on a stage: a play. It may be any situation or series of events having
vivid, emotional, conflicting
conflicting or striking interest.
FICTION- is literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it
may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction
include the novel, short story and novella.

NON-FICTION- is based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject. The
purpose of non-fiction writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade. Its
ex
exam
ampl
ples
es ar
aree biog
biogra
raph
phie
ies,
s, ar
arti
ticl
cles
es from
from te
text
xtbo
book
okss an
and
d ma
maga
gazi
zine
ness an
and
d
newspapers.

What is It

You have rediscovered the conventional literary genres. This part of the module
literary genres presently used by 21st century writers.
would let you learn modern literary

21st Century Literature Genres

ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
● Story through text and illustrated images
● 50% of the narrative is presented without words
● The reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely.
● Textual portions are presented in traditional form.
● Some illustrated novels may contain no ttext
ext at all.
● Span all genres.
● Examples include The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and The
Arrival by Shaun Tan.

DIGI-FICTION
● Triple Media Literature
● Combines three media: book, movie/video and internet website
To get the full story,
s tory, students must engage in navigation, reading, and
viewing in all three forms.
● Patrick Carman’s Skeleton Creek and Anthony Zuiker’s Level 26 are examples.
 GRAPHIC NOVEL
● Narrative in comic book formats
● Narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using a comic
form.
● The term is employed in broadly manner, encompassing non-fiction works
and the
themat
matica
ically
lly lin
linked
ked sho
short
rt sto
storie
riess as wel
welll as fic
fictio
tional
nal sto
storie
riess acr
across
oss a
number of genres.
● Archie Co
Comics by John Goldwater and illustrator, Bob Montana, is a good
example.

MANGA
● Japanese word for comics
● It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books
and graphic novels originally published in Japan.
● Considered as an artistic and storytelling style.
● Ameri-manga- sometimes used to refer to comics created by American
American artists
in manga style.
● Shonen- Boy’s Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece )
● Sailormoon
Shojo- Girl’s Manga ( )
● Seinen- Men’s Manga (Akira)
● Josei- Women’s Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss)
● Kodomo- Children’s Manga (Doraemon, Hello Kitty )

DOODLE FICTION
● Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings
and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font.
● Drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements
● Examples include The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and
Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis.

TEXT-TALK NOVELS
● Blogs, email and IM format narratives
● Stories told almost entirely in dialogue
d ialogue simulating social network exchanges.

CHICK LIT or CHICK LITERATURE

● Is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often
humorously and lightheartedly.
● Chick Lit typically features a female protagonist whose femininity is heavily
thermalizing in the plot.
● Scarlet Bailey’s The night before Christmas and Miranda
Dickinson’s It started with a Kiss are examples of this.

FLASH FICTION
 ● Is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity
● There is
is no wide
widely
ly acc
accepted
epted de
definit
finition
ion of tthe
he leng
length
th and cate
category.
gory. It cou
could
ld
range from word to a thousand.

SIX-WORD FLASH FICTION

● Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby socks, never worn.
● Margaret Atwood: Longed for him. Got him, Shit.

CREATIVE NON-FICTION
● Also known as literary non-fiction
non-fiction or narrative non-fiction
● A genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually
accurate narratives.
● Con
Contra
trasts
sts wit
with
h oth
other
er non
non-fi
-ficti
ction,
on, suc
suchh as tec
techni
hnical
cal wri
writin
ting
g or jou
journa
rnalis
lism,
m,
which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service to
its craft.
● 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.
● 1000 Gifts by Ann Voscamp and Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine
de Saint-Exupery are examples.

SCIENCE FICTION
● Is a genre of
of specu
speculati
lative
ve ficti
fiction
on deali
dealing
ng with iimagin
maginative
ative concep
concepts
ts such as
futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light
travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life.
● Often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other
innovations and has been called a “literature of ideas”.
● Examples include Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay and Sarah Maas’
Kingdom of Ash.

BLOG
● A weblog, a website containing short articles called posts that are changed

● regularly.
Some blogs are written by one person containing his or her own opinions,
interests and experiences, while others are written by different people.

HYPER POETRY
● Digital poetry that uses links and hypertext mark-up
● It can either involved set words, phrases, lines, etc. that are presented in
variable order but sit on the page much as traditional poetry does, or it can
contain parts of the poem that move and transform.
● It is usually found online, through CD-ROM and diskette versions exist. The
earliest examples date to no later than the mid-1980’s.
 What’s More

After learning about different conventional and modern genres of literature, you are
now ready to explore more about these concepts by answering the activities that
follow.

Activity 1
Direction: Analyze the content of the text below and identify its literary genre.

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Answer: The example falls under the modern literary genre- Flash Ficon.
 Assessment 1
Write a 5-10 sentence paragraph describing the characteristics of Tri stan Café that
Tristan
st
qualifies it as a 21 century literary piece. Use the paragraph writing rubric as your
guide.

Criteria 4 3 2 1 Points
Content At least three At least two At least two Only one
characteristics characteristic characteristi characteristi
of the genre s of the genre c s of the c is written
are listed and are listed and genre are
explained explained listed but
not
explained
Organization Details are in Details are in Some All details
logical order logical order details are are not in
and yet less not in logical order
interesting interesting logical
order
Mechanics No errors in One to two Three to five Six or more
and
Grammar punctuation, errors in errors in errors in
capitalizatio punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,

n, and
spelling capitalizatio
n, and capitalizatio
n, and capitalizatio
n, and
spelling spelling spelling
errors errors errors

Answer: The Tristan Cafe is a 21st Century book that falls under the category of flash
fiction. This is because it shows extreme brevity and the reader must analyze the text
and the words to decipher the story's exact message. Another reason is because the
story was very short. The story
st ory is only under 1000 words. Only parts of the whole story
can be seen in the text.
 Activity 2
Directions: Compare and contrast these modern literary genres using the Venn
Diagram
Present
stories using
social
networking
sites.

All genres
use the web
to share
and present
stories.

Feature stories
are posted on a Utilizes
page or hyperlinks to
website, which link to other
is updated on a portions of the
regular basis. literary work.
Assessment 2
Based on your answer in Activity 2, briefly answer the following questions.
1. What ccharac
haracteris
teristics
tics ma
make
ke th
these
ese gen
genres
res sim
similar
ilar iin
n term
termss of ele
element
ments?
s?
These genres are made up of phrases, words, and conversational structures that
come together to make a coherent thought story.

2. What cha
characte
racteristic
risticss make these ge
genres
nres simi
similar
lar in ter
terms
ms of struc
structure
ture??
Text ttalk
alk novel, blog, and hyper poet
poetry
ry are all digi
digital
tal mediums of lliterature.
iterature. These
three literary genres are all part of the present digital era of communication.
 Activity 3
Directions: Write the similarities and differences of the Doodle Fiction, Manga and
Graphic Novel using the Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer.

The three style;

Manga- uses a Doodle Fiction-
doodle fiction,
comic book incorporates
manga, and graphic
format presented handwritten
novel are pretty
in panels read
much similar to one graphics in
from right to left.
another. All genres telling the story.
incorporate
Graphic novel-
drawing,
uses a comic book
format presented illustrations, or a
graphics in telling
in panels and
stor .
read from left to
right.
 Assessment 3
Create a blog post based on your answer in Activity 3. Use the rubric below as your
guide.

4 3 2 1
Content
Opinions and Opinions and Opinions and Opinions and
informaton informaton informaton shared informaton shared
shared are shared are are limied o 1 are
complee limied o 2 modern lierary unconneced/irreleva
modern lierary genre n o he given opic
genres
Sources
Cied an Cied an exensive Cied an Informaton shared
exensive informaton from a exensive based on personal
informaton variey of reliable informaton opinion wihou
from a variey of sources wih very from a variey of sources o back i up
reliable sources few minor errors reliable sources
correcly wih numerous
errors
Creavity
Language and Language and Language and blog Language and
blog feaures blog feaures feaures are blog feaures
are are communicaed in are no
communicaed communicaed inerestng ways communicaed
in unusual ways in inerestng bu no relaed o in surprising and
ways he opic inerestng ways

ANSWER:
Doodle Fiction iincorporates
ncorporates handwritten graphics in telling th
the
e stor
story.
y. It is a literary
presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawings and hand written
graphics in place of traditional font. Drawing enhances the flow of the story. It makes
the readers understand and vision what is the actual happening in the story.
Manga- uses a comic book fformat
ormat p
presented
resented in panels read fr
from
om r
right
ight to left. Manga
is originally published in Japan.
It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and
graphic novels.
Graphic novel- u uses
ses a comic book fformat
ormat ppresented
resented in panels and read from lef leftt to
right.Graphic novel is written in comic form. Although the word "NOVEL" normally
refers to long fictional works, the term "GRAPHIC NOVEL" is applied broadly and
includes fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work.
The thr
three
ee s
style;
tyle; d
doodle
oodle fiction, manga, and ggraphic
raphic novel are pretty m
much
uch similar to
one another. All genres incorporate drawing, illustrations, or graphics in telling a
story. As I’ve said earlier drawing enhances the feature of a story because it gives
vision to the readers.

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What I Have Learned

You have tried your hands in discovering the characteristics of the literary genres
di
discu
scuss
ssed
ed in th
this
is mo
modu
dule
le.. Re
Refl
flec
ectt on wh
what
at you
you ha
have
ve le
lear
arne
ned
d by an
answ
swer
erin
ing
g the
the
questions that follow.

1. Wha
Whatt are tthe
he co
conve
nventi
ntiona
onall lit
litera
erary
ry gen
genres
res??
There aarere four conventional literary genres; these are fiction, non-fiction, drama,
and poetry.

2. What ar
aree the commo
common n charac
characterist
teristics
ics of conve
convention
ntional
al lite
literary
rary genre
genres?
s?
The common traits tthey
hey have are tha
thatt they can happen at a any
ny ti
time
me and in an
any
y place
(once upon a time in a faraway land), that they are always told in a story, that they
always have a common conclusion (they lived happily ever after), that they are often
magical, that evil is destroyed by a hero/heroine, and that they include universal
truths and ideals of the time that were occasionally used to teach children about
morals.

3. Wh
Whatat a
are
re tthe
he d
dif
iffe
fere
rent 211st century literary genres?
nt 2
The different 21st century literary genres are; illustrated novel, digi-fiction, graphic
novel, manga, doodle fiction, text-talk novels, chick literature, flash fiction, six-word
flash fiction, creative non-fiction, science fiction, blog, and hyper poetry.
po etry.

4. What a are
re the co
common
mmon cha
characte
racteristi
ristics
cs of moder
modern
n lite
literary
rary gen
genres?
res?
The common characteristics o off modern literary genres aare
re tha
thatt tthey
hey a
are
re a significant
characteristic of modernism is self-consciousness concerning cultural and colonial
traditions, which often led to investigation with patterns, along with the use of
strategies that drew interest to the techniques and equipment used in creating works
of art.

5. What is the difference between

between conventional and modern literary genres?
Conventional literature is a rule, that keeps a severe a
arrangement
rrangement of rules,
while, modernized literature is more unrestricted
unrestricted and sometimes it blends
various characteristics of abstract work to frame
frame a more inventive and
imaginative piece.
 What I Can Do

You have learned the different conventional and modern literary genres. As a 21st
century learner, retell the old Filipino folktale The Sun and the Moon using one of
the genres below and post your work on your Facebook page with the hashtag
#folktalesinthe21stcentury.
#folktalesinthe21stcen tury. Use the rubric as your guide.

A. 30-word flash fiction

B. 4-
4-pa
pane
nell co
comi
micc
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Structure
Presens all Exhibis a leas Exhibis a leas Does no presen
presen elemens
elemens
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correc srucure and correc correc srucure chosen genre
of he chosen srucure of he of he chosen
genre chosen genre genre

Creavity
The sory is The sory is The sory is in The sory is no communicaed
communicaed communicaed inerestng ways, in surprising and inerestng
in amazing and in inerestng bu no relaed ways
unusual ways ways o he opic

Mechanics
No errors in One o wo errors Three o ve Six or more errors in
puncuaton, in puncuaton, errors in puncuaton, capializaton, and
capializaton, capializaton, and puncuaton, spelling errors
and spelling spelling errors capializaton,
and spelling
errors
Answer:

THE SUN AND THE MOON

The Sun and the Moon were lovers a long time ago.

Lovebirds that only saw each other once in a while but always missed one other.

In his absence, the Sun desired to make his beloved love happy. Every night, he gave
up his light to shine on the Moon. He sacrificed something he was proud of in order to
let her shine.

#folktalesinthe21stcentury.
 Assessment

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. A story ttold
old usi
using
ng a combi
combinati
nation
on of tex
textt and il
illustr
lustration
ationss or with
without
out te
text
xt at
all.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
teddNNov
ovel
el
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

2. A site of collec
collected
ted post
postss or arti
articles
cles wri
written
tten by one or mor
moree peopl
peoplee and
updated regularly.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Di
Digigi-F
-Fic
icti
tion
on

3. Brief stori
stories
es to
told
ld in a tthousa
housand
nd wo
words
rds o
orr les
less.
s.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fic
icti
tion
on

4. Tales ar
aree writ
written
ten and prpresent
esented
ed using d
dialog
ialogues
ues in so
social
cial me
media
dia
applications.
a. Chick Lit
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Te
Textxt-T
-Tal
alk
kNNovovel
el

5. A fact
factual
ual sto
story
ry is wri
written
tten uusing
sing li
literar
terary
y device
devicess and tec
techniqu
hniques.
es.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
teddNNov
ovel
el
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n
6. Drawi
Drawings
ngs enha
enhance
nce sto
stories
ries in tthis
his form w
where
here il
illustr
lustration
ationss and
handwritten graphics are incorporated.
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
teddNNov
ovel
el
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-
n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

7. parallel
The genr
genre e of spec
speculat
universe, ulative
ive fic
fiction
tion de
dealing
extra-terrestrial aling w
with
ith
life, and con
concepts
ceptstechnology.
futuristic of time, trave
travel,
l,
a. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Scie
Scienc
ncee Fict
Fictio
ion
n
d. Cr
Crea
eati
tive
ve No
Non-n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

8. It is a co
collect
llection
ion of ststories
ories pre
presente
sented
d in comi
comicc book fo
formats.
rmats.
a. DiDigi
gi-F
-Fiict
ctio
ion
n
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
teddNNov
ovel
el
d. GrGra aph
phiic No
Novevell

9. Lite
Literatur
raturee that use
usess hypert
hypertext
ext mark
mark-up
-up (HTM
(HTM)) to connec
connectt to other pa
parts
rts
of the piece.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Di
Digi
gi-F
-Fic
icti
tion
on

10. In Englis
English-spea
h-speaking
king coun
countries
tries,, these are stories wit
with
h illustr
illustration
ationss
published in Japan.
a. Manga
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Gr
Graaph
phiic No
Nove
vell
d. Illu
Illust
stra
rate
ted
d No
Novevell

11. A 7700
00-w
-wor
ord
d ssto
tory
ry like Angels and Blueberries by Tara Campbell is a one-shot
like
fiction that falls under this literary genre.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper P Po
oetry
d. Digi-Fiction
12.
12. Ch
Chri
rist
stop
ophe
herr For
Ford’ d’ss Stickman Odyssey, which tells the story through text and
handwritten graphics, is an example of this literary genre.
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Il
Illlus
usttra
ratted NoNove
vell
d. Cr
Creaeati
tive
ve No
Non- n-Fi
Fict
ctio
ion
n

13. Befor
Beforee it was ad adapted
apted iinto
nto an a
anime,
nime, Y
Yoshihi
oshihiro
ro Togas
Togashi’s
hi’s Hunter x Hunter
is a comic book series from Japan that falls under this literary genre.
a. Manga
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Graphic Novel
d. IlIlllus
usttra
ratted N
No
ovel
vel

14. Batman: The Dark Knight by Frank Miller is a popular example

example of this
literary genre where the story is written in comic book format.
a. Manga
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Graphic Novel
d. Il
Illlus
usttra
ratted N
No
ovel
vel

15.
15. So
Soph
phie
ie Ki
Kins
nsel
ella
la’s
’s Confessions of a Shopaholic, which revolves around a
woman’s shopping addiction and her journey to overcoming it, is an example
of this literary genre.
a. Chick Lit
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Hyper P Poe
oettry
d. Te
Text
xt-T
-Tal
alk
kNNovovel
el
 Additional Activities

Further test what you have learned by examining the two examples below and doing
the following tasks:

1. Ide
Identi
ntify
fy th
thee lit
litera
erary
ry gen
genres
res of eeach
ach ex
examp
ample.
le.
2. Compa
Comparere and ccontra
ontrast
st the chara
characteri
cteristics
stics of the ttwo.
wo.

A B

Excerp from Romeo and Julie

Source:htp://shakespeare.mi.edu/romeo_julie/romeo_julie.2.2.hml
Source:htp://shakespeare.mi.edu/romeo_julie/romeo_julie.2.2.hml
Answer: The first one, in my opinion,
opinion, is a text-talk novel because it revolves
revolves around a
dialogue in which messages are exchanged over social media. The second is an
illustrated novel, since Romeo and Juliet is a text-and-illustrated-images story; in the
image, we can see the manuscript for the Romeo and Juliet drama.
Answer Key
Reference
Friesen C. 21st Century Literary Genres [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/darin
www.slideshare.net/darinjohn2/21st-century-l
john2/21st-century-literary-genr
iterary-genres-by-
es-by- calle-
friesen