21st Century Literature Genres

This genre, also called cyberpoetry, is a form of digital poetry that uses links using hypertext mark-up. It refers to works of verse (although not necessarily in lines and stanzas) which could not be presented without the computer.

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• Drama

• Hyperpoetry

• Flash Fiction

It is another genre of literature in which stories are extremely short and often consists of a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety.

• Drama

• Poem

• Hyperpoetry

• Flash Fiction

It is a genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly.

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• Chick Lit

• Poetry

• Prose Fiction

It is fiction that is written for and read from a computer and can be web- or app-based (for tablets and smartphones) or accessed via CD-ROMs.

• Digi Fiction

• Prose Non Fiction

• Flash Fiction

• Doodle Fiction

It has taken on numerous forms, but in general, poetry is the genre of literature which has some form of meter or rhyme with focus based on syllable counts, musicality, and division of lines.

• Drama

• Poetry

• Creative Non Fiction

• Flach Fiction

It is a literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawing and handwritten graphics in place of traditional format. Drawings enhance the story, often adding humorous elements that would be missing if the illustrations were omitted.

• Flash Fiction

• Prose Fiction

• Graphic Fiction

• Doodle Fiction

It is a narrative medium that utilizes both images and text to tell a story. It is certainly word based with a scattering of illustrations, usually of critical turning points of the story. Here, the reader must interpret the images to comprehend completely the story

• Romantic Novel

• Magical Novel

• Illustrated Novel

• Historical Novel

This is a Japanese or Japanese-influenced comics. It is usually printed in black-and-white. There are many genres inside manga, the most distinct being shojo (for girls) and shonen (for boys).

• Mobile Phone Text Tula

• Mangga

• Speculated Fiction

• Flash Fiction

A particular example of this poem is a tanaga, a type of Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line - that is to say a 77-7-7 syllabic verse, with an AABB rhyme scheme

• Mangga

• Mobile Phone Text Tula

• Chick Lit

• Prose Non Fiction

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