THE 21 CENTURY

ST

LITERATURE
(CONTEMPORARY)
 21stcentury literature is anything that was written
and published in the year 2000s.
 Aswe engage in technology more and more, we
create and discover more existing forms of
expressive culture as well.
 We have a wide range of resources through the
internet and this gave opportunities to people,
especially the youth, to begin writing and
expressing their thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
A perfect example would be
Wattpad. It became popular
to the Filipino youth in 2006.
Written by Contemporary
Authors
Deals with current themes/issues and
reflects a technological culture.
Often breaks traditional writing rules
and emerging genres like Creative Non-
Fiction, Hyper Poetry, Mobile Phone
Text, Chick lit, and Speculative Fiction
GENRES OF THE
21 ST
CENTURY
LITERATURE
CREATIVE NONFICTION
 It’sa rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques,
some of which are newly invented and others as
old as writing itself.
 Creative nonfiction can be an essay, a journal
article, a research paper, a memoir, or a
poem; it can be personal or not, or it can be all
of these.
 HYPER POETRY

This
 genre is also called cyberpoetry.
It
 works on the web.
It
 is basically just traditional work uploaded.
It
 has the use of computer screen as medium, rather than
the printed page.
It
 relies on the qualities unique to a digital environment,
such as linked World Wide Web pages or effects such as
sound and movement.
 MOBILE PHONE TEXT TULA

A cellphone novel, or mobile phone novel is a literary

work originally written on a cellular phone via text
messaging.
This type of literature originated in Japan, where it
has become a popular literary genre.
Chapters usually consist of about 70-100 words each
due to character limitations on cell phones.
 CHICK LIT
Literature that appeals mainly to woman
It is usually character driven
Itemphasizes the life, struggle, and
success of a young woman, single and
working at the age of twenties and thirties.
 SPECULATIVE FICTION

 Speculative
fiction is a literary “super genre,” which
encompasses a number of different genres of fiction.
 Fiction means something invented by the imagination.
 Sometimes called “what-if” books, 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.
SUB-GENRES OF
SPECULATIVE
FICTION
SCIENCE FICTION - stories with imagined
technologies that don’t exist in the real
world, like time travel, aliens, and robots.
SCI-FI FANTASY FICTION - sci-fi stories
inspired by mythology, folklore, and fairy
tales that combine imagined technologies
with elements of magical realism.
SUPERNATURAL
 FICTION - sci-fi stories about
secret knowledge or hidden abilities including
witchcraft, spiritualism, and psychic abilities.
SPACE
 OPERA FICTION - a play on the term “soap
opera,” sci-fi stories that take place in outer space
and center around conflict, romance, and adventure.
URBAN
 FANTASY FICTION - fantasy stories that
take place in an urban setting in the real world but
operate under magical rules.
UTOPIAN FICTION - stories about
civilizations the authors deem to be perfect,
ideal societies.
DYSTOPIAN FICTION - stories about
societies deemed problematic within the
world of the novel, often satirizing
government rules, poverty, and oppression.
 APOCALYPTIC FICTION
stories that take place before and during a
huge disaster that wipes out a significant
portion of the world’s population. The stories
center around characters doing everything
they can to stay alive—for example, running
from zombies or trying to avoid a deadly
plague.
 POST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION

Stories that take place after an apocalyptic

event and focus on the survivors figuring
out how to navigate their new
circumstances—for example, emerging
after a global nuclear holocaust or
surviving a total breakdown of society.
ALTERNATE
 HISTORY FICTION - stories
that focus on true historical events but are
written as if they unfolded with different
outcomes.
SUPERHERO FICTION - stories about

superheroes and how they use their
abilities to fight supervillains.
Write your own version of fictional
short story wherein you would play
role as a main character. You can
use any among the sub-genres of
speculative fiction in your theme.
Do this in one (1) whole sheet of
paper.