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The document discusses 21st-century literary genres, focusing on graphic novels and flash fiction. Graphic novels combine visual art and narrative, encouraging reader interaction, while flash fiction emphasizes brevity and often features surprising endings. Examples and characteristics of each genre are provided to illustrate their unique qualities.

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Module-7_Q2

The document discusses 21st-century literary genres, focusing on graphic novels and flash fiction. Graphic novels combine visual art and narrative, encouraging reader interaction, while flash fiction emphasizes brevity and often features surprising endings. Examples and characteristics of each genre are provided to illustrate their unique qualities.

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21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND

THE WORLD
Lesson 2

Differentiating 21st Century


Literary Genres
Graphic Novel or Graphic Fiction

 Graphic fiction or a graphic novel is a comic book


narrative that is equivalent in form and dimension to
the prose novel (Campbell 200, 81).
 The pictures are arranged in sequenced, in image
panels and dialogues are written in speech bubbles.
 The illustrations allow the readers to imagine and
experience the characters and events in the story.
Graphic Novel or Graphic Fiction

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the


story is conveyed to the reader using comic
form.
 The term is employed in a broad manner,
encompassing non-fiction works and
thematically linked short stories as well as
fictional stories across a number of genres.
Here are some of the features of graphic fiction
or graphic novel according to Singh (2012).

 Autographic forms are the marks of author’s


handwriting which creates an impact that the
whole novel is a manuscript and thus provides a
sense of intimacy.
 Graphic novels encourage interactivity in the
minds of the reader as he fills in the blanks
between image panels.
Here are some of the features of graphic fiction
or graphic novel according to Singh (2012).

 Filling in
the blanks between image panels
makes the reader imagine the actions
portrayed in the story.
 The language, syntax and meaning of a
graphic novel spring primarily through the
relationship between images than words.
 Graphic fiction combines book and screen.
Some of the examples of graphic novels are the following:
 “In the Shadow of No Tower: 9/11” by
Art Spiegelmen in 2004 which tells the
story about the terrorist attack on
September 11 in America. This also
depicts the traumatic and tragic
experiences of American people during
the 9/11 terrorist attack.
“The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers”
by Sarnath Banerjee in 2009 portrays
18th century Calcutta exploiting the
myth of the “Wandering Jew”.
“Louis Riel” by Chester Brown in
2003 is a fictionalized violent
rebellion in the 19th Century on the
Canadian praire who led by Riel.
FLASH FICTION

 Flash fiction is an imaginative


literature of extreme brevity. It could
range from a word to a thousand
(Gacusan 2018). It is known as micro
stories, postcard fiction, nanotales
and short shorts.
FLASH FICTION

 Fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity.


 Sometimes called “six-word” short stories
 NEIL GAIMAN – a proponent of flash fiction in the 21st century.
I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss …?
 MARGARET ATWOOD
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
 ERNEST HEMINGWAY
For sale baby socks, never worn
According to Sustana (2020), most of the flash
fictions have these common characteristics:

Brevity. Flash
fiction presents the story with
fewest words as possible.
Complete plot. Flash fiction emphasizes the
development of plot. It has a beginning, middle
and ending of the story.
Surprising ending. The successful hallmark of a
flash fiction is its twist at the end of the story.
Here some of the flash fictions:

 “Angels and Blueberries” by Tara Campbell is a story of various explanations for the color of
the sky that involves angels and blueberries.

First lines: “Why is the sky blue?” you ask. Well, it all depends on who’s answering.
 “Taylor Swift” by Hugh Behm-Steinberg tells a weird story of how anyone can order a
perfectly clone of Taylor Swift at his doorstep.
First line: You’re in love; it’s great, you swipe on your phone and order: the next day a Taylor
Swift clone shows up at your house.
 “Unnecessary Things” by Tatyana Tolstaya is a story of finding an old and torn teddy bear,
“unnecessary things” (items that do not serve any useful purpose), that she adored as a
child.

First lines: This Teddy bear once had amber eyes made from special glass — each one had a
pupil and an iris. The bear itself was gray and stiff, with wiry fur. I adored him.
As I lay cozy, all Until I hear racket
snug in my bed, beside my bed.
I enjoy the images It's my 5:00 alarm!
inside my head.
I quickly silent you, Enjoying the peace,
you annoying alarm. then I'll be darned;
Then we SNOOZE It's my 5:15 reminder!
together and let
dreams carry on.
Now I hush the Eyes just shut, but here
ringing of my goes that timer
reminder. Ok Alarm, It's 7:20. I'm late!!!
let's put that behind
us.
Processing Questions:

1. How does the speaker feel whenever it rings?


2. How did she react when she realized she was
already late?
3. Would you react the same way, if this happens to
you?
The Unlucky Winners
Activity 1: Written by: Nicky Johnson
Published: 2019

Each morning, Jim walked to the corner mart for a


coffee and lottery ticket. He always passed Pete and gave
the same reply to the jangling of coins, “Half when I win.”
Pete invariably responded with a tip of his soiled, red hat.
When it actually happened, Jim searched everywhere for
Pete. After months, his wife finally convinced him to spend
the other half, and home renovations began. The following
spring, working in the garden, Jim unearthed a familiar red.
While lost in astonishment and horror, the faint smell of her
perfume permeated among the roses before...darkness.
Answer the following questions:

1. What is Pete always wearing whenever Jim sees him?


2. After Jim won, Pete went missing. Who convinced Jim
to spend Pete’s half of the money for house renovations?
3. What is the “familiar red” Jim unearthed in the garden
one spring that made him horrified?
4.What happened to Jim in the end?
5. How many words are there in the story?
Activity 1 Finding Similarities
Directions: The previous activities discussed graphic fiction and flash fiction. Write down the characteristics of 21st Century Literature
present in both genres.

Graphic Fiction

21 st Century Literature

Flash Fiction
Activity 2 Finding Differences
Directions: Complete the graphic organizers by writing down elements
unique to each genre.

Fiction Flash Fiction


Activity 3 Comparing and Contrasting between Genres

Direction: You read two stories previously, My Freaking Alarm and The
Unlucky Winners. Write their similarities and differences using a
Venn Diagram

The Unlucky
My Freaking Winners
Alarm

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