M2: Lesson 1: Conventional and 21st Century Genres Flashcards
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.
21st century literature
They are capable of navigating and interpreting digital formats and media messages.
They possess 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.
21st century readers
An imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response.
Known to employ meter and rhyme
The very nature of ____ as an _____ and ______ makes it nearly impossible to define.
Poetry
Authentic
Individual mode of expression
A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict, more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on a stage: a ____.
It may be any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting or striking interest.
Drama
Play
Literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation.
TYPES
Novel, short story, novella
Fiction
Based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject
The purpose of ____ writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade.
EXAMPLES
Biographies, articles from textbooks, magazines, newspapers
Nonfiction
Story or narrative told through words complemented by illustrated images
50% of the narrative is presented without words while some may not contain any text at all, so the reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely.
EXAMPLES
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Illustrated novel
A.K.A Triple Media Literature
It uses the combination of three media: book, movie/video, and internet website to tell a narrative, so readers must engage in navigating, reading, and viewing in all three forms to comprehend the full story.
EXAMPLES
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
Level 26 by Anthony Zuiker
Digi-fiction
Digi-fiction or
Triple media literature
Digi-fiction is combination of three medias
Books, movie/video, internet website
Narratives told in comic-strip formats and published as a book
The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across several genres.
Tell a story using a combination of words and pictures in a sequence across the page
EXAMPLES
Archie Comics by John Goldwater and illustrator, Bob Montana
The Death of Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin
Graphic novels
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.
Manga
Manga-style comics created by American artists
Ameri-manga
Categories of manga
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)
A literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings, and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font.
EXAMPLES
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis
Doodle fiction