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21st Century Literature

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All literary works written and published at the latter part of the 21st century (from 2001 onwards). These works are often characterized as gender sensitive, technologically alluding, culturally pluralistic, operates on the extreme reality or extreme fiction, and questions conventions and supposedly absolute norms.

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Pre-Colonial Period

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This period is referred to as the pre-colonial period or the period long before the Spaniards set foot on the Philippine islands. Most of ancient Philippine literature was really oral consisting of folk narratives, riddles, proverbs, sayings, songs, ritual chants, and epics and was definitely community-bound.

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Literary Genre

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It is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even length. They are defined by the general cultural movement of the historical period in which they were composed.

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Epics

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These are narratives of sustained length based on oral tradition, revolving around supernatural events or heroic deeds, in the form of verse which is either chanted or sung with a certain seriousness of purpose.

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Folk Narratives

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It is a fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously lightheartedly, typically featuring a female protagonist whose womanhood is heavily thematized in the plot.

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Flash Fiction

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It is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. It could range from a word to a thousand.

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Illustrated Novel

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Generally, 50% of the narrative is presented without words. The reader must interpret the images in order to comprehend the complete story.

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Science Fiction

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It is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, faster than light travel, parallel universe, and extraterrestrial life.

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Proverbs

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These are terse statements of practical wisdom based on long experience and observations about life.

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Riddles

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These attest to the wit and ingenuity and the richness of the imagination of ancient Filipinos.