Literary Genres

The following are characteristics of a 21st Century Literature except:

• New literary works created within the last decade

• Deals with current themes and reflects technological culture

• Often breaks traditional writing

• Themes are about fairy tales.

It has been known to employ meter and rhyme.

• Drama

• Fiction

• Poetry

• Non Fiction

It is based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject.

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Drama

• Poetry

It is a composition in prose or verse intended to be acted on a stage.

• Drama

• Poetry

• Non Fiction

• Fiction

A story told using a combination of text and illustrations or without text at all.

• Digi-Fiction

• Doodle Fiction

• Illustrated Novel

• Manga

Drawings enhance stories in this form where illustrations and handwritten graphics are incorporated.

• Doodle Fiction

• Manga

• Digi-Fiction

• Illustrated Novel

In English-speaking countries, these are stories with illustrations published in Japan.

• Graphic Novel

• Digi-Fiction

• Poetry

• Manga

Batman: The Dark Knight by Frank Miller is a popular example of this literary genre where the story is written in comic book format.

• Manga b. c. d.

• Digi-Fiction

• Graphic Novel

• Illustrated Novel

This 21st century literary genre is also called Triple Media Literature.

• Graphic Novel

• Digi-Fiction

• Manga

• Doodle Fiction

A literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact.

• Poetry

• Drama

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction