21st Literary Genres Flashcards
is a broad genre that encompasses stories that take place in imaginary worlds because of one or more “what if…?” questions. It explores the “what ifs” of what is possible in the world.
Speculative Fiction
It deals with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The premise may either be based on facts or flatly contradicts scientific facts and principles.
Science Fiction
It uses magic and supernatural elements in plot, theme, and setting. Magic is central to this genre.
Fantasy
These are stories about terror, whose main objective is to scare the readers. It involves ghosts, spirits, and demons.
Horror Fiction
It presents a world that is ideally perfect in all aspects of society.
Utopian Fiction
It presents a futuristic, imagined world in which there is only an illusion of a perfect society, but is in fact one which is oppressed through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral or totalitarian control.
Dystopian Fiction
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Deals with the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster.
Apocalyptic Fiction
This is set in a world or civilization after such disaster. The time frame may be
immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the struggles of survivors,
or sometime later when the existence of civilization before the catastrophe has been forgotten.
Post-apocalyptic Fiction
is set in worlds in which one or more historical events unfold differently based from how it did in reality. It is based on the idea that for every event that occurs or a decision made in our reality, there is another place (a parallel universe) where the event or decision turned out differently.
Alternate history
It is a short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer stories—from funny to dramatic, sad to scary. While these quick stories don’t have the classic beginning, middle, and end of a traditional storyline, they have a subject and verb that give the reader a sense of what’s happened and a bit of conflict.
Six-word Story Fiction
In a __________, material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or a film is re-written according to the needs and requirements of the theatre and turned into a play or musical.
Theatrical Adaptation
_________ novels share all the key characteristics of traditional novels:
A clear beginning, middle, and end
A central narrative (or A-story) supplemented by optional B-stories Character development and personal journeys
Thematic messaging
Precise, carefully considered dialogue and narration
The obvious distinction between graphic novels and text-based novels is that graphic novels permit their images to do the vast majority of the storytelling, with dialogue bubbles and narration boxes to help elaborate the story
Graphic novels
is an umbrella term for a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced and published in Japan. Unlike American comic books, which are usually printed in full color, Japanese manga is almost always black and white. Full-color prints are often only used for special releases.
______ is read right-to-left rather than left- to-right, which is the norm for English language publications.
Manga
Nonfiction, by its definition, is a story that really happened in real life. It is the complete opposite of fiction.
you are discussing real life events, but you employ elements of fiction in it, you employ elements of poetry in it, and even drama.
Creative Nonfiction
