21 CENTURY GENRES

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OF LITERARY TEXTS
SPOKEN WORD POETRY
 poetry intended for performance.
 roots from oral traditions and performances
 encompass elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater,
and jazz, rock, blues, and folk music.
 rhyme, repetition, improvisation, and word play, spoken
word poems
 frequently refer to issues of social justice, politics, race, and
community.
 This genre is also called cyberpoetry
 Hyperpoetry works on the web.
 It is basically just traditional work uploaded.
 Hypertext poetry is the new genre of literature that
use the computer screen as medium, rather than the
printed page.
 Sample:
https://www.yhchang.com/ALL_FALL_DOWN.html
BLOG
BLOG
A blog is a website or a web page that is updated on a regular
basis with content that the readers of the blog can find
inspirational or educational. Also comes in videos or also called
vlogs
Ex.
The Professional Heckler (https://professionalheckler.com/)
Top Gear (https://www.topgear.com/)
Just Little Things (https://justlittlethings.net/)
TEXTULA
TEXTULA
 A poetry genre mastered by Frank Rivera:
 entire
poems are written and read on mobile
phones. It traces its origins to the traditional
Tagalog form of poetry called Tanaga
 Tanaga- a poem which consists of 4 lines with 7
syllables each.
Frank Rivera
- A Filipino playwright, actor, and
production designer
- He has won several awards
including the 8th Annual Gawad
Ustetika Awards in the Play
category
- Known as the “Makata Ng
Cellphone”
Frank Rivera’s Textula:
Bayang mahilig sa ganda/
Inuuna ang postura/
Walang laman ang bituka/
Kundi gasgas na pag-asa.//
Si Megan Young nang manalo//
Nagbunyi ang Pilipino/
May dala sanang asenso/
Magkakapag-asa tayo.//
Nagkagyera sa Mindanao/
Kaban ng bayan ninakaw/
Sa bagyo’y daming pumanaw/
Miss World, salamat sa araw.//
AtillaRoma’s Textula:

Pulitiko
Ay! Walang Kapagurang
Pagngasab at pagdaldal
Labis pang tumatakaw
Ang baboy sa labangan
CHICK LIT
CHICK LIT
Literature that appeals mainly to women.

Ex.
The Devil Wears Prada
Confessions of A Shopaholic
Bridget Jone’s Diary
SPECULATIVE FICTION
A genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the
setting is other than the real world, involving
supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements.
Ex.
So, You’re In An Alternate Universe by Jeremy Packert
Burke
Three Kingdoms by Matthew Smith
All the Mermaid Wives by Gwendolyn Kiste
FLASH FICTION
Fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few
hundred words or fewer in its entirety.
Ex.
Untitled
The books tumbled to the ground, a landslide
of paper. She righted the toppled box and
picked up each book, cradling it like a
broken bird, inspecting the spine and pages
for damage. James watched her,
unrepentant. She carried the box to the car,
not uttering a word, even goodbye.
Our Bucket List, by Lisa Miller
Nice country wedding. We were happy. You had a
look; you talked the talk. I admired your air of
sophistication. We grew apart the night you didn’t
come home. I cooked a turkey and gathered eggs.
You drank too much at the Bridge City Pub. By the
way, I knew about your affair. “Let's write our
bucket list,” you announced one day. Then told me I
was stupid, rolling your eyes. I decided on skydiving
and purchased life insurance (just in case). I need
to make sure I pack her parachute myself, he
thought, wondering when he’d start his plan.
seatwork

 Please bring a printed or photocopied

page of a book with coloring materials
and markers.