GROUP 4

Key Concept, Terminology and

Methodologies in the Analysis of
Popular and Contempory
Literary Work
GENERALE, JUFER HOMERES, JHAIZA MAE
JAMERO, LEONICA GRUMO, MERALYN
LABASO, RHODALYN HERMINA NICAME
GIJAN, APRIL
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE ?

CONTEMPORARY

• HAVING TO DO WITH THE

PRESENT OR CURRENT TIME
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

LITERATURE

• ANY COLLECTION OF WRITTEN

WORK
 THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEMPORARY
LITERATURE
• CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN REFLECTING A SOCIETY'S SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL VIEWPOINTS.

• IN GENERAL, WRITERS SEEK OUT CURRENT EVENTS TO

INCORPORATE INTO THEIR WORKS (E.G., KHALED
HOSSEINI'S KITE RUNNER).

• MODERN LITERATURE AIDS READERS IN REFINING THEIR

LOGICAL THOUGHT PROCESSES.
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

• LITERATURE THAT ARE WRITTEN AFTER WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE

CURRENT DAY.

• MODERN LITERATURE INCLUDES PROSE AND POETRY AS WELL AS

FICTION, INCLUDNG NOVELS, NOVELLAS, ESSAY, AND DRAMATIC
WORKS. IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE QUALITY AND STYLE OF WRITING.
 MODERN LITERATURE

PROSE
 THE IMPORTANCE OF
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
CONTEMPORARY STYLES
REALITY-BASED BELIEVABLE CURRENT,
STORIES STORY LINE MODERN SETTING
CHARACTERISTIC OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

WELL DEFINED, REFELECTS

CURRENT POLITICAL,
REALISTIC SOCIAL AND
CHARACTERS(S) INDIVIDUAL ISSUE
 HOW TO ANALYZE
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

BY : PROF. NANCY G TAYLOR

CONTEXT
• EVERYTHING HAS A CONTEXT, WHICH IS A SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONNECTIONS. WE ARE LESS
INCLINED TO ASSESS EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF THE
PRESENT AS WE BECOME MORE ADEPT AT
RECOGNISING HISTORICAL CONTEXTS.
CULTURE
• LITERARY TEXTS MAY HIGHLIGHT CULTURAL VOICES
AND SOCIOLOGICAL CONTEXTS.

• ANALYZING THE PRESENTED CULTURAL TRADITIONS

• STUDYING THE HISTORY A CULTURE

QUESTION OF MEANING
• LITERATURE DEPICTS PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE
SENSE OF A WORLD THAT NO LONGER PROVIDES THE
COMFORTS OF THE PAST.

• MEANING IS NOT STABLE OR ABSOLUTE; VALUES AND

IDENTITY ARE RELATIVE TO CULTURE, RELIGION, AND
GEOGRAPHY.
DEFINING REALITY

• THE USE OF METAFICTION, MAGICAL REALISM, AND

SURREALISM.

• EMPHASIZES THE FRAGMENTATION

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS

EMPHASIZES THE PERMEABILITY OF OLD BOUNDARIES :

 BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN;

 BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST;

 BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW CULTURE;

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
 CHALLENGING BORDERS AND LIMITS

 EXPLORING THE MARGINALIZED ASPECTS OF LIFE AND

MARGINALIZED ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY

TERMINOLOGY
 INTERTEXUALITY

 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXTS, WHERE ONE

TEXT REFERENCES, QUOTES, OR ALLUDES TO

ANOTHER TEXT.
 POSTMODERNISM

 A LITERARY CULTURAL MOVEMENT THAT

CHALLENGES TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF ART,

LITERATURE, AND REALITY.

 GLOBALIZATION

 THE PROCESS OF INCREASING

INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND INTERDEPENDENCE.

 HYBRIDITY

 THE BLENDING OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL

INFLUENCES AND TRADITIONAL IN

CONTEMPORARY LITERARY WORKS.

METHODOLOGIES
 CLOSE READING

 ANALYZING A TEXT IN DETAIL TO UNCOVER IT’S

THEMES, SYMBOLS, AND LITERARY DEVICES

 CULTURAL STUDIES

 EXAMINING HOW CULTURAL NORMS, VALUES AND

PRACTICES ARE REFLECTED IN POPULAR CULTURE

AND LITERATURE.
 RECEPTION THEORY

 STUDYING HOW AUDIENCES INTERPRET AND

RESPOND TO POPULAR CULTURE AND

LITERATURE.
 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

 COMPARING DIFFERENT TEXTS, GENRES, OR

CULTURAL FORMS TO IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES AND

DIFFERENCES IN THEIR PRESENTATION OF POPULAR

CULTURE.
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