Lesson 6: 21st Century Literary Genres in the Philippines

Question 1

• meant to be dramatically or theatrically performed.
• Its emotions and conflicts are expressed through dialogue and movements or action.

Answer 1

DRAMA

Question 2

• also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction
• a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.

Answer 2

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Question 3

• a web log containing short articles called posts that can be changed regularly.
• are written by one person (called _____) containing his/her hobbies or interests, opinions, and experiences, while others are written by many different people.

Answer 3

BLOG

Question 4

• is verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the reader.
• Works via suggestion, implication, and ambiguity rather than straightforward communication.
• Rhythmical in composition, written or spoken.

Answer 4

Poetry

Question 5

• often read on cellular phones.
• a particular example of this poem is tanaga: a type of Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each lin. It does not have titles traditionally because it should speak for itself.

Answer 5

Mobile Phone poetry/Text Tula

Question 6

• a poem that has made its way into the hearts and souls of thousands of Filipinos, especially the millennials.
• a type of poem performed or read in artistic and emotive manner which can be accompanied by music or presented in the streets or bars, even café shops.
• It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word playsuch as intonation and voice inflection

Answer 6

Spoken Word Poetry

Question 7

has genres that can be defined as narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact

Answer 7

fiction

Question 8

a brief fiction that can be read in one seating and is not able to support any subplots

Answer 8

Short Story

Question 9

a frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting stories.

Answer 9

Horror

Question 10

deals with unraveling of secrets and solution of a crime.

Answer 10

Mystery

Question 11

story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.

Answer 11

Historical Fiction

Question 12

a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life

Answer 12

Science Fiction

Question 13

a story or narrative told through words complemented by illustrated images.

Answer 13

ILUSTRATED NOVELS

Question 14

• also known as electronic literature is written for and read from a computer and uses the capabilities of the computer for literary effect.
• contain sound effects, images, film, hyperlinks, or mini-games.

Answer 14

DIGI-FICTION

Question 15

• a Japanese word for comics.
• example: Naruto, Bleach, One piece

Answer 15

MANGA

Question 16

a literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing and drawings, and handwritten graphics in place of traditional font.

Answer 16

Doodle Fiction

Question 17

• are stories that are told almost completely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.
• It can be in the form of text messages, e-mails, instant messages, or blogs.

Answer 17

Text-Talk Novels

Question 18

• consists of women-centered narratives that focus on the trials and tribulations of their individual protagonists.
• often addresses issues of modern womanhood – from romantic relationships to female friendships to matters in the workplace – in humorous and lighthearted ways.

Answer 18

CHICK LIT

Question 19

• a flash fiction done in six words only.
• ex. For sale: baby’s shoes, never worn.

Answer 19

Six-Word Flash Fiction