21st Century Literary

Genres
 Major Literary Works
• Poetry
• Drama
• Fiction
• Non fiction
 Digi Fiction (Triple Media
Literature)
is a literary experience that
combines three media: book,
movie/video, and internet
website
 Graphic Novel
• A graphic novel is a narrative
work in which the story is
conveyed to the reader using
comic form
 Doodle fiction
• A literary presentation where the
author incorporates doodle
drawings and hand written
graphics in place of traditional
font.
 Text – talk Novels
• Stories told almost completely
in dialogue simulating social
network exchanges
 Chick Literature
• Chick lit is modern fiction about
the lives and romantic problems
of young women, usually written
by women.
 Flash Fiction
• Flash fiction is a fictional work
of extreme brevity that still offers
character and plot development.
 Science Fiction
• Science fiction (sometimes shortened to
sci-fi or SF) is a genre of speculative
fiction that typically deals with
imaginative and futuristic concepts such
as advanced science and technology,
space exploration, time travel, parallel
universes, and extraterrestrial life.
 Blog

• A blog (a shortened version of “weblog”)

is an online journal or informational
website displaying information in
reverse chronological order, with the
latest posts appearing first, at the top. It
is a platform where a writer or a group of
writers share their views on an
individual subject
 Hyper poetry
refers to works of verse (although not
necessarily in lines and stanzas) which
could not be presented without the
computer. Hyper poetry includes verse
with links to sub-poems or footnotes,
poetry “generators,” poetry with movement
or images.