North American Literature Flashcards
What type of Literature:
● The literary outputs only from the United States of America and Canada.
● When it comes to literature, Mexico cannot be included with the North American countries because Mexican literary
works are classified as part of the American Indian civilization acquired by the Spaniards.
North American Literature
Two Literary Powerhouses of North American Literature
A. United States of America
B. Canada
● The literature of the United States and __________ has always attracted a large number of fans from all around the world.
Canada
21st-century Genres of the United States of American Literature
was first observed and coined by American fictionist Robert Heinlein who helped raise the genre’s
standard of literary quality.
Speculative fiction
21st-century Genres of the United States of American Literature
l was formally introduced as a comics genre by American cartoonist Will Eiser
Graphic novel
21st-century Genres of the United States of American Literature
In the 1960s, the “golden age” of young adult fiction/literature was recognized, particularly around the time of Susan Aloise Hinton’s coming-of-age novel ____ _____________.
The Outsiders
21st-century Genres of the United States of American Literature
is a type of fiction that deals with contemporary female issues. “chick” means woman
Chick lit
Author of The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Author of The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
Author of The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
o Today, ______________, young adult literature, and chick lit dominate the best-seller lists.
speculative fiction
a publisher and software company in Massachusetts, the pioneer in hypertext literature. It
facilitates the online publication of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry through hypertext links.
Eastgate systems
was introduced by a student in Swarthmore College in Philadelphia.
Microblogging
created the first personal microblog in 1994 when he launched an online diary that functions as a
personal journal that is open to the public.
Justin Hall
or status updates, which are sent online, are more commonly recognized as diary-type commentary
Microposts
