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Lesson III: The New Genres of Literature

The document discusses new genres of literature that have emerged due to technology, including hyperpoetry, mobile textula, flash fiction, chick lit, and blogs. Hyperpoetry is digital poetry that includes links and hyperlinks to direct readers to other sites, sub-poems, and images. Mobile textula is short poetry sent via SMS consisting of 4 lines with a specific syllable structure. Flash fiction are very brief stories typically under 1,000 words. Chick lit focuses on issues of modern womanhood. Blogs are regularly updated web pages written in a conversational style.

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Lesson III: The New Genres of Literature

The document discusses new genres of literature that have emerged due to technology, including hyperpoetry, mobile textula, flash fiction, chick lit, and blogs. Hyperpoetry is digital poetry that includes links and hyperlinks to direct readers to other sites, sub-poems, and images. Mobile textula is short poetry sent via SMS consisting of 4 lines with a specific syllable structure. Flash fiction are very brief stories typically under 1,000 words. Chick lit focuses on issues of modern womanhood. Blogs are regularly updated web pages written in a conversational style.

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Lesson III :

The New Genres of


Literature
Learning Objectives :
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to :
• identify the new genres of literature ;
• describe the hyperpoetry ; and
• create hyperpoetry using Facebook.
• The various genres of literature and its sub-genres changes
through time. The invention of electricity, use of electronics
and other modern technology affected how people view life
and express themselves differently from their contemporaries
10 years, 20 years, or a hundred years ago.
• Technology made our lives easier than the last decade. It
made people work fast. Beating deadlines and presenting
marketing and management strategies creatively. These
changes have also brought new literary genres that gave us
new avenues of expressing ourselves; like cell phones and
computer screens.
New Genres of Literature
1. Hyperpoetry
2. Mobile Textula
3. Flash Fiction
4. Chick Lit
5. Blogs
New Genres of Literature
1. Hyperpoetry
It is poetry uploaded in the internet which is a form
of digital poetry. Its medium is the computer screen. As
the name suggests, hyperpoetry includes verses with links
and hyperlinks which would direct the readers to different
sites sub-poems and other footnotes poetry movements or
images.
New Genres of Literature
Example of Hyperpoetry
New Genres of Literature
2. Mobile Textula
Textula is a poetry genre mastered by Frank Rivera. It is a
short poetry in a form of tanaga, that is sent through SMS
on mobile phone. It consists of 4 lines with 7 syllables using
(/)to end a line and (//) to end the stanza.
Example of Mobile Textula
New Genres of Literature
3. Flash Fiction
It is a type of prose narrative that takes the form of very
brief, self-contained stories. It is telling a story in a few
words, usually about 100-1000 words or less. A flash fiction
can be as short as Earnest Hemingway’s 6-word memoir,
“For sale: baby’s shoes; never worn.”
Example of Flash Fiction

The example below was written by former student to


express a person’s many facets as an individual:
New Genres of Literature
4. Chick Lit
It is a heroine - centered fiction narrative; usually focus
on the trials of the protagonist. The genre often addresses
issues of modern womanhood – from romantic relationships
to female friendships to matters in the workplace – in
humorous and light-hearted ways.
Example of Chick Lit
New Genres of Literature
5. Blog - a regularly updated web page or website that is
written in conversational style.
Example of Blog

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