21ST CENTURY
LITERATURE

• What was the story all about?
• What is the significance of using the
umbrella as a metaphor for the
experience of the writer?

Are these familiar to you?

21st Century
Literature
 New literary works created within the last decade
 Imaginative writing
 Deals with current themes and reflects
technological culture
 Often breaks traditional writing
 Traces artistic representation of shared and
familiar experiences

Why 21st Century Literature?
Simply because SHS students were all
born in or just before the 21st century.
This century is their century. For them,
the 20th century is what the 19th century
is to us teachers.
-Isagani Cruz, Philippine Star

Why 21st Century Literature?
“On or about December 1910
human character changed,
something major happened to
literature on or about December
2000.” - Virginia Woolf

21ST Century
Literature Genre

ILLUSTRATED
NOVELS
Story through text and illustrated images

DIGI-FICTION
It is a literary experience that combines
three media: book, movie/video, and
Internet websites.

GRAPHIC NOVELS
Narrative in comic book formats.

MANGA
It is used in the English-speaking world as a
generic term for all comic books and graphic
novels originally published in Japan.

Shonen - Boy’s Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece)
Shojo – Girl’s Manga (Sailor Moon)
Seinen – Men’s Manga (Akira)
Josei – Women’s Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss)
Kodomo – Children’s Manga (Doraemon, Hello
Kitty)

DOODLE FICTION
A literary presentation where the author
incorporates doodle drawings and hand
written graphics in place of traditional font.

CHICK-LIT
Genre of fiction which addresses issues of
modern womanhood, often humorously and
lightheartedly.

FLASH FICTION
A style of fictional literature of
extreme brevity

Ernest Hemingway:
For sale: baby socks, never worn.
Margaret Atwood :
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.

SPECULATIVE FICTION
Dystopian, supernatural fiction, weird fiction,
superhero fiction, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic,
fantastical fiction, sci-fi

SPOKEN POETRY
Oral 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

THERE’S
LITERATURE
ON SOCIAL
MEDIA!
Place your screenshot here

TEXT-TALK NOVEL
- Blog, email, IM format narratives
- Stories told almost completely in dialogue
simulating social network exchanges.

Place your screenshot here

THERE’S
LITERATURE
ON SOCIAL
MEDIA!
Place your screenshot here

Place your screenshot here

5 Elements of Literature

CHARACTER
- a person, sometimes animal, who takes part in the
action of the short story or other literary work

SETTING
- the time and place in which it happens
- using descriptions of scenery, buildings, seasons,
landscapes, etc.

PLOT
- a series of events and character actions that
relate to a central conflict.

CONFLICT
- a struggle between two people or things in a short
story.
- the main character is usually on one side of the conflict,
struggling against another main character

THEME
- central idea or belief in a short story

Create a six-word flash fiction of
your chosen theme/topic.
ACTIVITY

Thank you!