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21st Century Literature
New literary works created within the last decade Imaginative writingDeals with current themes and reflects
technological cultureOften breaks traditional writing Traces artistic representation of shared and
familiar experiences
Why 21st Century Literature?
Simply because SHS students were allborn in or just before the 21st century.This century is their century. For them,the 20th century is what the 19th centuryis to us teachers.
-Isagani Cruz, Philippine Star
Why 21st Century Literature?
“On or about December 1910human character changed,something major happened toliterature on or about December2000.” - Virginia Woolf
DIGI-FICTIONIt is a literary experience that combines
three media: book, movie/video, and Internet websites.
MANGAIt is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic
novels originally published in Japan.
DOODLE FICTIONA literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawings and hand
written graphics in place of traditional font.
CHICK-LITGenre of fiction which addresses issues of
modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly.
Ernest Hemingway:
For sale: baby socks, never worn.
Margaret Atwood :
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
SPECULATIVE FICTIONDystopian, supernatural fiction, weird fiction,
superhero fiction, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, fantastical fiction, sci-fi
SPOKEN POETRYOral art that focuses on the aesthetics of
word play and intonation and voice inflection.
““Reading literature gives one a better understanding of
human nature and the complexity of the human condition. It makes one less judgemental and more sympathetic.
Literature can also be more insightful than non-fiction.” –Professor Tommy Koh
“The possibility of being as free with the camera as we
are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the
creative life of 21st Century.”– Carlos Fuentes