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Literature
 21st Century Literature
Defining 21st Century Literature:
• New literary work created within
the last decade.
• It is written by contemporary
authors.
• It deals with current themes and
issues.
• It reflects a technological culture.
• It often breaks traditional writing
rules.
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Century 21st Century Literature

Reader/ Learner:
• They grew up using technology as a
primary learning tool.
• They are capable of navigating and
interpreting digital formats and
media messages.
• Possess literacy skills which
include technological abilities such
as keyboarding, internet
navigation, and decipher graphics.
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Literary Genres

Past and Future Quiz

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1.Chick Lit
- addresses issues of modern
womanhood, often humorous and
light-hearted
- features female protagonist whose
womanhood is heavily thematized in
the plot
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2. Flash Fiction
- fictional works of relative
brevity
- “short short story, micro
fiction, micro-narrative and sudden
fiction”
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3.Speculative Fiction
- a broad genre that encompasses
stories that take place in imaginary

world
- a result of one or more
“what if” questions
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A.Science Fiction
- deals mainly with the impact of
actual or imagined science
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B. Fantasy
- uses magic and supernatural
elements in plot, theme, and
setting
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C. Contemporary Fantasy

- stories set in our present day world

- magic or magical beings could be

leaking in our world from another but
the main characters would remain in our
world for the story
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D. Dark Fantasy
- A combination of fantasy
and horror
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E. Super Natural Fiction
-type of stories remove all elements
that fall under fantasy and horror, and
embrace super natural elements that
considered common place in the
natural world
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F. Superhero Fiction
- has a character with
superhuman abilities that come
up against villains trying to take
over the world
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G. Utopian Fiction
- stories that envision an
ideal society
- presents a world that is
ideally perfect
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H. Dystopian Fiction
- stories that take place in a
futuristic society that is repressive or
controlled, often under the disguise of
being perfect
-the characters live in a real life
nightmare
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I.Apocalyptic Fiction
-stories concerned with the
end of civilization
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J. Post-apocalyptic Fiction
- stories set in a civilization
after an apocalyptic event, or
perhaps years later
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K. Alternate History
- story that messes up with the
history of the world
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4. Doodle Fiction
- the author incorporates doodle
drawings and hand written
graphics in place of traditional font
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5. Digital Media Text

- refers to any media product
- digitalized content: texts, audio,
video graphics

Types of Digital Media:

1.Podcast
2.Ebooks
3.Digital Story
4.Vlog
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6. Creative Non-Fiction
- the genre is simple, and
accurate as “True stories well
told.”
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7. Hyperpoetry
- a form of digital poetry that
uses links using hypertext mark-up
- the link means the poem has
no set order
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8. Blog
- a website containing short
articles called posts that are
changed regularly
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9. Textula
- usually consisting of
two stanzas, it is sent as a
direct communication to a
person close to the sender
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10. Meta Fiction

- a fiction that “self-
consciously addresses the
devices of fiction.”
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11. Manga
- Japanese word of
comics
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12. Ghost Stories

- specific kind of stories in the
horror
fiction genre
-features a ghost as one of its
characters
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13. Graphic Novels

- combining words and
images

involves fiction and nonfiction

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14. Testimonio
- traces its origin to
autobiographical literature
- it is an authentic narrative, told
by a witness
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15. Fliptop / Rap Battle

- contemporary type of poetry
which traces
its origin to the hip-hop
culture
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16. Photographic Essay

- a series of pictures that
evokes an emotion, conveys an
idea or tells a story.
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17. Memoir
- sub-genre of creative non-
fiction
- involves a public portion
of a the writer’s life
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18. Spoken Word Poetry

- a poetry intended for
performance on stage for a
live audience
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19. Theatrical Adaptation

- a genre wherein a
story from another medium
is rewritten to conform to
the elements of a theatre
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