21ST CENTURY

LITERARY GENRES
1. Chick Lit 6. Flash Fiction
2. Hyper-poetry 7. Graphic Novel
3. Blogs
4. Speculative Fiction
5. Texttula
CHICK LIT
 Written by women for women; uses strong female
character who is trying to live in modern world. Plot
is lighthearted, smart and funny.
HYPER-POETRY
 Also called cyber poetry; could not be presented
without the aid of computers and the internet and
includes verse with links to sub poems or footnotes,
poetry generators or poetry with movements or
images.
BLOGS
 Shortened of the term web blog; a
regularly updated journal on the
Internet. Blogger is the term used for a
person who has a blog. It gives
opportunity to articulate thoughts and
opinions.
SPECULATIVE FICTION
 The setting is futuristic
and involves
supernatural elements.
It encompasses horror
and science fiction.
TEXTTULA
 It has its origin in tanaga.
Tanaga is a traditional
Filipino poem that has four
lines and seven syllables
each.
EXAMPLE
No, Watercolour…

Of a subject dire I sing:

Reservoir Engineering
I could never understand –
A queer and quaggy quicksand!

I was sent away to learn

About it in climes northern,
But while at Herriot-Watt
My zeal did not run riot.
FLASH FICTION
 Notable for its brevity; also called as short story; it
is micro-fiction, micro narrative and sudden fiction.
EXAMPLES OF FLASH FICTION (FOR A TOTAL OF 21 MINUTES
OR LESS) THAT ARE TOTALLY WORTH YOUR TIME.

 “Chapter V,” Ernest Hemingway. ...

 “Widow's First Year,” Joyce Carol Oates. ...

 “Give It Up!” ...

 “Sticks,” George Saunders. ...

 “Taylor Swift,” Hugh Behm-Steinberg. ...

 “Untitled,” Adhiraj Singh.

GRAPHIC NOVEL
 Utilizes pictures in
narrating a long story; it
has growing popularity i.e.
manga
PRACTICE
Individual Activity
FILL – OUT THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST
MATRIX

Comparative Matrix in terms of structure

GENRES SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
Texttula & Tanaga
Graphic Novel & Novel
Hyper poetry & Traditional Poetry

Spoken poetry & Traditional Poetry

Flash fiction & Short Story

ENRICHMENT
Group Activity
SPOKEN POETRY
 GROUP 1: “Nakita ko ang iyng minamahal na may
kasamang iba sa Mall..”
 GROUP 2: “Hindi ako makapaniwala, nanalo ako sa Lotto..”
 GROUP 3: “Sino ang mas maganda si Liza Soberano o si
Nancy ng Momoland..?”
 GROUP 4: “Bakt Korean ang aaralin koat hindi Filipino..?”
EVALUATION
 “THE DEVIL
WEARS PRADA”
CLOSE ANALYSIS
1. Give a five-sentence summary of the film.
2. Describe the two major characters – Andy and
Miranda Priestly.
3. Cite reasons why Andy and Miranda Priestly are
symbols of feminism.
4. Justify why the film is a form of chick literature.