ENG 20 Contemporary, Popular and Emergent Literature
PERFORMANCE TASKS:
PT 1
Identification: Give the word or groups of words described in the statement.
Blog 1. A regularly updated website or web page.
Digi-Fiction 2. Fiction that is written for and read from a computer and can be web-or-app-based.
Manga 3. A style of Japanese comic book and graphic novels.
Doodle Fiction 4. It is a literary presentation where the author incorporates drawings. Flash Fiction 5. It is a genre of fiction, defined as a very short story. Graphic Novels 6. A book made up comics content. Illustrated Novels 7. It refers to an extended narrative with multiple images that, together with the text produce meaning. Chick Lit 8. The genre which often addresses issues of modern womanhood. Creative Nonfiction 9. A literary non-fiction that includes travel writing, nature writing, sports writing, memoir, etc. Emerging Literature 10. It refers to new genres of scholarly discourse, such as online collaborative spaces, academic blogs, websites, e-prints, etc.
PT2 Enumeration: Enumerate the following. 1-5 Causes of Literary Crisis
1. Lots of books are bad
2. Inaccessibility 3. Mass media 4. Postmodernism 5. Rise of other academic subjects
6-8 Examples of Creative Nonfiction
6. Coney Island at Night
7. An Experiment in Misery 8. Outcasts in Salt Lake City 9-11 Examples of Chick Lit