This document discusses various 21st century literary genres that have emerged with technological advances, including illustrated novels, graphic novels, digi-fiction, manga, doodle fiction, text-talk novels, chick lit, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, science fiction, blogs, hyperpoetry, texttula, and concrete poetry. It provides brief definitions and examples of each genre, noting how they incorporate multimedia formats, images, and social media elements into traditional narrative storytelling.

1. 21st Century Literary Genres
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What are the forms
of literature that you
know?

3. - refers to new literary
work created within the
last decade. It is written by
contemporary authors
which may deal with
current themes/ issues and
reflects a technological
culture. It often breaks
traditional writing rules.
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2 1st Cen tu r y
Liter a tu r e

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2 1st Cen tu r y Rea d er s
Most 21st Century readers have learned through
th e use of technology . They are capable of
navigating and interpreting digital formats and
media messages . They also possess literacy
skills, which include technological abilities such
as keyboarding, internet navigation,
interpretation of technological speak, ability to
communicate and interpret coded language
and decipher graphics .

5. Let’s r eca ll th e m a jor gen r es . . .
• is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic
language choices to evoke an emotional response. It has been known to employ meter and rhyme.
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DRA MA
• is a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict
more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on a stage
• is literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true
story or situation
• is based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject

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ILLUSTRA TED N OVEL
- a story or n a rra tive told
th rou gh w ord s com p lem en ted
b y illu stra ted im a ges
- In m ost illu stra ted fiction , 5 0 %
of th e n a rra tive is p resen ted
w ith ou t w ord s w h ile som e
m a y n ot con ta in a n y text a t
a ll, so th e rea d er m u st
in terp ret th e im a ges to
com p reh en d th e story
com p letely

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GRA P H IC N OVEL
- n a rra tives told in com ic- strip
form a ts a n d p u b lish ed a s a b ook.
- To d ifferen tia te from illu stra ted
fiction , gra p h ic n ovels tell a story
u sin g a com b in a tion of w ord s a n d
p ictu res in a sequ en ce a cross th e
p a ge
- In illu stra ted n ovels, th e d ra w in gs
illu stra te or exten d th e text. In
gra p h ic n ovels, th e illu stra tion s
a re th e story.

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DIGI-FICTION
- a lso ca lled Trip le Med ia
Litera tu re/ electron ic litera tu re
- It u ses th e com b in a tion of th ree
m ed ia : b ook, m ovie/ vid eo, a n d
in tern et w eb site to tell a n a rra tive,
so rea d ers m u st en ga ge in
n a viga tin g, rea d in g, a n d view in g
in a ll th ree form s to com p reh en d
th e fu ll story

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MA N GA
- th e J a p a n ese w ord for com ics
- It is u sed in th e En glish - sp ea kin g
w orld a s a gen eric term for a ll
com ic b ooks a n d gra p h ic n ovels
origin a lly p u b lish ed in J a p a n .
Ma n ga - style com ics crea ted b y
Am erica n a rtists a re som etim es
ca lled Am eri- m a n ga .

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DOODLE FICTION
- litera ry p resen ta tion w h ere th e
a u th or in corp ora tes d ood le
w ritin g, d ra w in gs, a n d
h a n d w ritten gra p h ics in p la ce of
th e tra d ition a l fon t
- Dood les a re sim p le d ra w in gs or
ra n d om sh a p es a n d lin es th a t m a y
or m a y n ot h a ve con crete
rep resen ta tion a l m ea n in gs. Th ese
en h a n ce th e story, often a d d in g
h u m orou s elem en ts.

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TEXT-TA LK N OVELS
- stories told a lm ost en tirely in
d ia logu e sim u la tin g socia l n etw ork
exch a n ges. Na rra tives a re u su a lly
p resen ted in b log, em a il, a n d IM
(in sta n t m essa gin g) form a t.
- textserye

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CH ICK LIT or CH ICK
LITERA TURE
- often h u m orou s a n d ligh th ea rted
fiction w h ich a d d resses issu es of
m od ern w om a n h ood . Stories m a y
in clu d e rom a n tic rela tion sh ip s,
frien d sh ip s, a n d issu es in th e
w orkp la ce. It gen era lly ta rgets
you n g w om en rea d ers.

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FLA SH FICTION
- story n a rra ted in a n extrem ely
b rief w a y, b u t still offers p lot a n d
ch a ra cter d evelop m en t a n d
im p lies a la rger story

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FLA SH FICTION
- It cou ld ra n ge from a w ord to a th ou sa n d .
Va rieties of fla sh fiction id en tified b y w ord
cou n t in clu d e six- w ord stories (6 w ord s),
d rib b le or m in isa ga (5 0 w ord s), 2 8 0 -
ch a ra cter story or tw itterra tu re (2 8 0 w ord s
or a story in on e tw eet) d ra b b le or
m icrofiction (10 0 w ord s), su d d en fiction (75 0
w ord s) a n d fla sh fiction (1,0 0 0 w ord s).

28. “I like you,” she whispered behind him.
He faced her, shock tracing his features.
“Sorry.” He said blankly as he tried to touch her.
But she withdrew and flashed her sweetest smile as
she turned her back against him.
As she took her first step away from him, unspoken
words started to from form her eyes.
And with that, her tears have spoken everything.

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CREA TIVE N ON FICTION
- w ritin g th a t com b in es elem en ts of b oth
crea tive w ritin g a n d n on fiction

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SCIEN CE FICTION
- gen re of sp ecu la tive fiction d ea lin g w ith
im a gin a tive con cep ts su ch a s fu tu ristic
scien ce a n d tech n ology, sp a ce tra vel, tim e
tra vel, fa ster th a n ligh t tra vel, a p a ra llel
u n iverse a n d extra terrestria l life
- It often exp lores th e p oten tia l con sequ en ces
of scien tific a n d oth er in n ova tion s a n d h a s
b een ca lled a “litera tu re of id ea s”.

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BLOG
- A Blog (sh orten ed form of W eb log) is a
w eb site con ta in in g sh ort a rticles ca lled
p osts th a t a re u p d a ted regu la rly. Som e
b logs a re w ritten b y on e p erson con ta in in g
h is or h er ow n op in ion s, in terests a n d
exp erien ces, w h ile oth ers a re w ritten b y
d ifferen t p eop le.

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H YP ER P OETRY
- cyb erp oetry
- d igita l p oetry th a t u ses lin ks a n d h yp ertext
m a rk- u p . It ca n eith er in volve set w ord s,
p h ra ses, lin es, etc. th a t a re p resen ted in
va ria b le ord er b u t sit on th e p a ge m u ch a s
tra d ition a l p oetry d oes, or it ca n con ta in
p a rts of th e p oem th a t m ove a n d tra n sform .

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TEXT TULA
- A b len d of w ord “text” a n d th e Filip in o w ord
“tu la ”
- It is a p oem w ritten in th e form of a text
m essa ge
- Usu a lly con sistin g of on e or tw o sta n za s, it is
sen t a s a d irect com m u n ica tion to a p erson
close to th e sen d er

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CON CRETE P OEM
- Con crete p oetry, a lso som etim es kn ow n a s
visu a l p oetry or sh a p e p oetry, is focu sed on
th e visu a l effect th a t lin gu istic elem en ts
h a ve w h en th ey’re a rra n ged in a certa in
w a y.