21st Lit - m2q1
21st Lit - m2q1
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This module is a standalone section that you can use based on your needs
and interests to enhance your competency on how to differentiate the
various 21st century literary genres and the ones from the original genres,
citing their elements, structures and traditions.
What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
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3. A Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing
and drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font
Spanish Period
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Science Fiction
d. Creative Non-Fiction
7. Digital literature that uses links and includes parts that move or
mutate.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper Poetry
d. Digi-Fiction
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10. Narrative work in which a story is told using a comic form.
a. Manga
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Graphic Novel
d. Illustrated Novel
11. 39 Clues book series by Scholastic, where stories are told using the
combination of book, video, and website, is an example of this literary
genre.
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Science Fiction
d. Creative Non-Fiction
12. Mashable by Pete Cashmore, where feature stories around the world
are posted and updated, is an example of this literary genre.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper Poetry
d. Digi-Fiction
14. A story that uses literary techniques to create accurate narratives like
travel and nature stories in Robert Macfarlane’s The Wild Places is an
example of this literary genre.
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Science Fiction
d. Creative Non-Fiction
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Lesson
21st Century Literary Genres
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21st Century Literature
21st Century Literature 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.
21st Century Reader
A 21st Century Reader grew up using technology as a primary
learning tool. He is capable of navigating and interpreting digital
formats and media messages. He also possesses 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.
What’s New
Directions: Look for the conventional literary genres in the puzzle below and, on a
separate sheet of paper, answer the questions that follow.
W F H I O M B O Z I
A E C D R A M A A O
P T S U P B W P F L
U O T H U N D I I K
L I E S W R F Y C F
K F L T Q T W T T I
G X P M R A S K I C
H N W N L Y E V O T
D J R V A E R B N I
X Y J C U I U Y E O
N O N F I C T I O N
1. What are the four conventional literary genres have you found in the
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puzzle?
What is It
You have rediscovered the conventional literary genres. This part of the
module would let you learn modern literary genres presently used by 21 st
century writers.
ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
Story through text and illustrated images
50% of the narrative is presented without words
The reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story
completely.
Textual portions are presented in traditional form.
Some illustrated novels may contain no text at all.
Span all genres.
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Examples include The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and The
Arrival by Shaun Tan.
DIGI-FICTION
Triple Media Literature
Combines three media: book, movie/video and internet website
To get the full story, students must engage in navigation, reading, and
viewing in all three forms.
Patrick Carman’s Skeleton Creek and Anthony Zuiker’s Level 26 are
examples.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Narrative in comic book formats
Narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using a
comic form.
The term is employed in broadly manner, encompassing non-fiction
works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories
across a number of genres.
Archie Comics by John Goldwater and illustrator, Bob Montana, is a
good example.
MANGA
Japanese word for comics
It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic
books and graphic novels originally published in Japan.
Considered as an artistic and storytelling style.
Ameri-manga- sometimes used to refer to comics created by American
artists in manga style.
Shonen- Boy’s Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece)
Shojo- Girl’s Manga (Sailormoon)
Seinen- Men’s Manga (Akira)
Josei- Women’s Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss)
Kodomo- Children’s Manga (Doraemon, Hello Kitty)
DOODLE FICTION
Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing,
drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font.
Drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements
Examples include The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and
Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis.
TEXT-TALK NOVELS
Blogs, email and IM format narratives
Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network
exchanges.
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CHICK LIT or CHICK LITERATURE
Is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often
humorously and lightheartedly.
Chick Lit typically features a female protagonist whose femininity is
heavily thermalizing in the plot.
Scarlet Bailey’s The night before Christmas and Miranda
Dickinson’s It started with a Kiss are examples of this.
FLASH 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.
Contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or
journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily
written in service to its craft.
As a genre, creative non-fiction is still relatively young and is only
beginning to be scrutinized with the same critical analysis given to
fiction and poetry.
1000 Gifts by Ann Voscamp and Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine
de Saint-Exupery are examples.
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, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life.
Often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other
innovations and has been called a “literature of ideas”.
Examples include Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay and Sarah Maas’
Kingdom of Ash.
BLOG
A weblog, a website containing short articles called posts that are
changed regularly.
Some blogs are written by one person containing his or her own
opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written by
different people.
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HYPER POETRY
Digital poetry that uses links and hypertext mark-up
It can either involved set words, phrases, lines, etc. that are presented
in variable order but sit on the page much as traditional poetry does,
or it can contain parts of the poem that move and transform.
It is usually found online, through CD-ROM and diskette versions
exist. The earliest examples date to no later than the mid-1980’s.
What’s More
Activity 1
Direction: Analyze the content of the text below and identify its literary genre.
Source: https://twitter.com/reivylc/status/1170266247012831233
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Assessment 1
Write a 5-10 sentence paragraph describing the characteristics of Tristan
Café that qualifies it as a 21st century literary piece. Use the paragraph writing
rubric as your guide.
Criteria 4 3 2 1 Points
Content At least three At least two At least two Only one
characteristics characteristics characteristic characteristic
of the genre are of the genre s of the genre is written
listed and are listed and are listed but
explained explained not explained
Organization Details are in Details are in Some details All details are
logical order logical order are not in not in logical
and interesting yet less logical order order
interesting
Activity 2
Directions: Compare and contrast these modern literary genres using the Venn
Diagram
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Assessment 2
Based on your answer in Activity 2, briefly answer the following questions.
1. What characteristics make these genres similar in terms of elements?
2. What characteristics make these genres similar in terms of structure?
Activity 3
Directions: Write the similarities and differences of the Doodle Fiction, Manga and
Graphic Novel using the Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer.
Name: Date:
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Assessment 3
Create a blog post based on your answer in Activity 3. Use the rubric below
as your guide.
4 3 2 1
Content
Opinions and Opinions and Opinions and Opinions and
information shared information shared information shared information shared are
are complete are limited to 2 are limited to 1 unconnected/irrelevant
modern literary modern literary genre to the given topic
genres
Sources
Cited an extensive Cited an extensive Cited an extensive Information shared
information from a information from a information from a based on personal
variety of reliable variety of reliable variety of reliable opinion without
sources correctly sources with very few sources with sources to back it up
minor errors numerous errors
Creativity
Language and blog Language and blog Language and blog Language and blog
features are features are features are features are not
communicated in communicated in communicated in communicated in
unusual ways interesting ways interesting ways but surprising and
not related to the interesting ways
topic
You have tried your hands in discovering the characteristics of the literary
genres discussed in this module. Reflect on what you have learned by
answering the questions that follow.
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What I Can Do
You have learned the different conventional and modern literary genres. As a
21st century learner, retell the old Filipino folktale The Sun and the Moon
using one of the genres below and post your work on your Facebook page
with the hashtag #folktalesinthe21stcentury. Use the rubric as your guide.
4 3 2 1
Structure
Presents all Exhibits at least Exhibits at least two Does not present elements and
elements and three elements and elements and correct structure of the chosen
correct structure of correct structure of correct structure of genre
the chosen genre the chosen genre the chosen genre
Creativity
The story is The story is The story is in The story is not communicated in
communicated in communicated in interesting ways, surprising and interesting ways
amazing and interesting ways but not related to
unusual ways the topic
Mechanics
No errors in One to two errors in Three to five errors Six or more errors in punctuation,
punctuation, punctuation, in punctuation, capitalization, and spelling errors
capitalization, and capitalization, and capitalization, and
spelling spelling errors spelling errors
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Assessment
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.
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7. The genre of speculative fiction dealing with concepts of time, travel,
parallel universe, extra-terrestrial life, and futuristic technology.
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Science Fiction
d. Creative Non-Fiction
12. Christopher Ford’s Stickman Odyssey, which tells the story through text and
handwritten graphics, is an example of this literary genre.
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illustrated Novel
d. Creative Non-Fiction
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14. Batman: The Dark Knight by Frank Miller is a popular example of
this literary genre where the story is written in comic book format.
a. Manga
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Graphic Novel
d. Illustrated Novel
Additional Activities
Further test what you have learned by examining the two examples below
and doing the following tasks:
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