Gen Zer Literary Trend, 21st-Century Literary Genres

Question 1

Born after 1996 (Parker & Igielnik, 2020)

Answer 1

GENERATION Z

Question 2

from earliest youth, they have been exposed to the internet, to social networks, and to mobile systems.

Answer 2

True digital natives

Question 3

________ and _______ have similar viewpoints on many major issues of the day.

Answer 3

Gen Zers and Millennials

Question 4

Gen Z learners are NOT non-readers but ‘__________’ Readers

Answer 4

Mediated Readers

Question 5

What Period of literature?

×Mirror the harsh realities of the society
×Realities 🡪 truths that people must
face to learn valuable life lessons.
×Personal crises & social issues 🡪 ‘new
normal’
×Doesn’t endorse the imperfect world

Answer 5

21st Century Literature

Question 6

×A kind of discussion forum or
information site that publishes posts or text updates in the World Wide Web
×More interactive — Participants
write and publish their posts or text
updates.

Answer 6

Microblog

Question 7

×A 21st genre fiction born from Feminism
×Consists of narratives focusing on the
trials and misfortunes of a female protagonist
×Addresses issues of modern
womanhood, often humorously and lighthearted

Answer 7

Chick Lit

Question 8

×Works that combine science fiction with fantasy and horror
×A broad literary genre encompassing any
fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements.
×Takes place in a different world inhabited
by characters of extraordinary abilities

Answer 8

Speculative Fiction

Question 9

×Style of fictional literature of extreme brevity
×Typically consisting of only a few hundred words
that still offers character and plot development
×This includes six-word story; the 280-character
story; the “dribble“ (50 words); the “drabble“ (100
words); “sudden fiction“ (750 words); flash fiction
(1000 words); and “micro-story” (500 words).

Answer 9

Flash Fiction

Question 10

It comes from two words: Twitter and
literature
×It is a literary use of the microblogging
service of Twitter.
×It includes various genres, including
poetry, and fiction (or some combination
thereof) written by individuals or
collaboratively.

Answer 10

Twitterature

Question 11

×Facilitates the interaction of the readers
via hypertext links, which allows
movement from one node or leads to the
next.
×Movement across links provides readers a
wider database of options for the possible
development or outcome to the story or
poem.

Answer 11

Hypertext Literature

Question 12

×It is a blend of the English word text
and the Filipino word tula.
×It is a poem written in the form of a
text message.
×It is sent as a direct communication
to a person close to the sender.

Answer 12

Textula

Question 13

×Blends cartoon and doodles with a
realistic narration of a funny
incident.
×Hand-scribed fonts and sketches of
caricatures
×Patronized by young readers

Answer 13

Doodle Fiction

Question 14

×Fictional story presented in a
comic-strip format and published as a book
×Comic book narrative —> Prose
novel

Answer 14

Graphic Novel

Question 15

comics and print
cartoons published in South
Korea

Answer 15

Manhwa

Question 16

digital comics in
South Korea

Answer 16

Webtoons

Question 17

×Fiction written by a fan who rewrites
and alters the setting, character, and
plot of an original or canon work.

Answer 17

Fan Fiction

Question 18

×Body of works written, published, and
marketed for adolescents and young
adults
×Young Adult fiction – 16-25
×Teen fiction – 10-15

Answer 18

Young Adult Literature

Question 19

• Japanese term for comics
• A general term used for graphic novels
  and comic books published in Japan.
• Shonen- Boys
• Shoujo- Girls
• Seinen- Young adult men
• Josei- Young adult women
• Kodomo- Children

Answer 19

Manga