Grade 12

21st Century
Literature Genres
Ms. Donna A. Diaz – Subject Teacher
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 OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, Students must be able to:

1. differentiate the 21st century literary genres, and the one’s

from the original genres;
2. classify literary pieces of different 21st century literary
genres;
3. appreciate the unique features of each genre.
FOUR CONVENTIONAL
LITERARY GENRES
Poetry – is an imaginative awareness of
experience expressed through meaning, sound and
rhythmic language choices to evoke emotional
response.
 DRAMA

• Is a composition in prose or verse presented

through dialogues. It pantomimes a story
involving conflict more contrast of character,
especially intended to be acted on a stage: a
play.
• Ex: Macbeth & Romeo & Juliet
 FICTION

• Is a literature created from the imagination,

not presented as fact, though it maybe
based on true story or situation.
• Ex: Novel, Short story, Novella
 NON - FICTION

• Based on facts and the author’s

opinion about a subject.
• Ex: Biography, Encyclopedia, and
Autobiography …
 What is 21st Century Literature?
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New literary works developed in the recent
decade are referred to as 21st Century
Literature.
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These are authored by modern authors and
deal with current topics/issues while
reflecting a technology society.
 Who are the 21st Century Reader?
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The 21st Century Reader is someone
who grew up with technology as
their major learning tool and is
capable of navigating and
deciphering digital forms and media
messages.
 21st Century Literary
• Illustrated Novel
Genres
• Digi-Fiction
• Graphic Novels
• Manga
• Doodle Fiction
• Text-Talk Novels
• Chick Lit or Chick
Literature
• Flash Fiction
• Six-Word Flash Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Blog
• Creative Non-Fiction
• Hyper Poetry
ILLUSTRATED
NOVEL
 ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
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50 % of the narrative is presented
without words.

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The reader must interpret the
images in order to comprehend
completely the story.
 ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
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Textual portions are presented in
traditional form.

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Some illustrated novels may
contain no text at all.
ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
DIGI-FICTION
 DIGI-FICTION

Combines three media:

book, movie/video, and
internet website.

Book Movie/Video Internet/

Website
 DIGI-FICTION

• Triple media literature

• In order to get the full story, students
must engage in navigation, reading,
viewing, in all three formats.
DIGI-FICTION
Graphic
Novels
 Graphic Novels
•
Narrative work in
which the story is
conveyed to the
reader using comic
form.
Graphic Novels
Manga
 Manga
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It is used in the English- speaking
world as a generic term for all comic
books and graphics novels originally
published in Japan.
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Left to right reading pattern
 Types of Manga:

• Shonen - Boy’s Manga (12 -18yo)

• Shojo – Girl’s Manga (teenage & young adult)
• Seinen – Men’s Manga (18 – 40 yo)
• Josei – Women’s Manga (18 -45yo)
• Kodomo – Children’s Manga (10yo under)
 Manga

NARUTO ONE PIECE

 Manga

NARUTO ONE PIECE

Manga

NARUTO
Manga (Shojo)

SAILORMOON
Manga

AKIRA
 Manga

LOVELESS PARADISE KISS

Manga

DORAEMON
Doodle
Fiction
 Doodle Fiction

Literary presentation where the

author incorporates doodle writing
and drawings, and handwritten
graphics in place of traditional
font.
 Doodle Fiction

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

Text-Talk Novels
 Text-Talk Novels
•
Blog, email, IM format
narratives.
•
Stories told almost completely in
dialogue simulating social
network exchanges.
•
Originated in Japan
Text-Talk Novels
Chick Lit
or
Chick
Literatur
e
 Chick Lit or Chick Literature
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Is genre fiction which addresses
issues of modern womanhood,
often humorously and
lightheartedly.
 Chick Lit or Chick Literature
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Chick it typically features a
female protagonist whose
womanhood is heavily
thermalized in the plot.
Chick Lit or Chick Literature
 Flash
Fiction
 Flash Fiction

• Is a style of fictional literature of

extreme brevity that still offers
character and plot development
in under 1500 words.
Flash Fiction
 SIX-WORD
FLASH FICTION
 Six-word Flash Fiction

Is an entire story told in six words. It is

a short narrative that can have all of the
emotional themes of longer stories—
from funny to dramatic, sad to scary. It
can be poetic or straightforward
 Six-word Flash Fiction

Ex.
“Longed for him, got him, shit.” “For
sale: baby socks, never worn.”
“Your biggest regret? Those happy moments.”
“you’re my certain kind of sadness.”
Science
Fiction
 Is a genre of speculative
fiction dealing with
imaginative concepts
such as futuristic science
and technology, space
travel, time travel, faster
than light travel, parallel
universe and
extraterrestrial life.
 Often explores the
potential
consequences of
scientific and other
innovations and has
been called a
“literature of Ideas”.
Science Fiction
Blog
 Blog

A web log ; a website

containing short articles
called posts that are changed
regularly.
 Blog
Some blogs are written by one
person containing their own
opinions, interests and
experiences, while others are
written by many different people.
Blog
Creative Non-Fiction
 Creative Non-Fiction
• Also known as literary non-
fiction or narrative non-fiction.
• A genre of writing that uses
literary styles and techniques to
create factually accurate
narratives.
 Creative Non-Fiction
• texts about factual events that are
not solely for scholarly purposes.
• Creative nonfiction may include
memoir, personal essays, feature-
length articles in magazines, and
narratives in literary journals.
Creative Non-Fiction
Hyper
Poetry
 HYPER POETRY
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Is a form of digital poetry that
uses links using hypertext
mark-up.
 ASSIGNMENT

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Research about the different
literary devices.