21st CENTURY LITERARY

GENRES , ELEMENTS,
STRUCTURES AND
TRADITIONS
What is Literary
Genre?
Is a category of literature
composition

 Literary technique
 Tone
 Content
 length 2
 Can you give
examples of
literary genres?

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 PRE-COLONIAL
PERIOD
RIDDLES
 Mystifying statements or questions
phrased and rhymed to
require ingenuity in determining
its answer.
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 Tigmo
 Bugtong
 Paktaton
 Atototdon
Baboy sa lasang
Ang tunok puro lansang
Ans. Nangka

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 PROVERBS

Wise sayings that prescribe codes

of behavior, mirror societal norms,
traditions, and beliefs and impart
lessons in brief, rhyming verse
Kon indi ikaw mag-antos
(If you don’t sacrifrice)
Indi ka gid magsantos
(You can’t be a saint)
 SONG

Forms of folk lyric

speak volumes of
the typical rural
lives and reflect
people’s aspirations
and lifestyles.
 Folk
Lullaby Songs

Serenade
CHANT
To give respect, excuse, or
apology to unseen or other
elemental spirits our
ancestors believed in to
deliver them from danger or
harm.
 EPIC

These are long

narrative
accounts of
heroic exploits
MYTHS

These are symbolic

narratives
LEGENDS

These are stories that

explain the origin of
things and phenomena
in the surrounding
world.
FABLES

These are brief

stories for the
children of the native
Filipinos.
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FOLK TALES

These are stories that deal

with the power of nature-
personified, their submission
to a deity (Bathala), and how
the deity is responsible for
the blessings and the curses
in the form of calamities.
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SPANISH PERIOD
 AWIT (SONG)
 KURIDO
 KARAGATAN
 DUPLO
 PROSE NARRATIVES
 SARSWELA
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 AMERICAN PERIOD

 Public school
 English and Filipino was
practiced
 Literary was imitative
 Drama became popular
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 JAPANESE PERIOD

 Literature came to a halt

 English language was banned
 Writing were journalistic in
nature

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21st Century
Literature

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DRAMA

It is the genre of
literature with stories
composed of verse or
prose which is meant to
be dramatically or
theatrically performed
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CREATIVE NON FICTION
It is also known as literary
nonfiction or narrative
nonfiction, is a genre of
writing that uses literary
styles and techniques to
create factually accurate
narratives.
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BLOG

It is a web log
containing short
articles called posts
that can be changed
regularly
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POETRY

It is a verse and
rhythmic writing with
imagery that evokes
an emotional response
from the reader
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MOBILE PHONE TEXT
TULA

HYPERPOETRY

SPOKEN WORD
POETRY
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 FICTION

Fiction has genres that can be

defined as narrative literary
works whose content is
produced by the imagination
and is not necessarily based on
fact.
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 Short Story

This is brief fiction that

can be read in one
seating and is not able
to support any subplots.
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 Chick-Lit

A genre which
addresses issues of
modern womanhood
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 Flash Fiction

A style of fictional
literature or fiction of
extreme brevity.

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 Realistic Fiction

It is a story that can

actually happen in real
life.

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 Historical
Fiction

A story with fictional

characters and events in
a historical setting

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 Horror

These are frightfully

shocking, terrifying, or
revolting stories.

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 Mystery

It deals with
unraveling of secrets
and solution of a crime.
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 Illustrated
Novels

These are stories

through text and
illustrated images.

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 Graphic Novels

These are narratives in

comic book format

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 Speculative
Fiction

It is a term
encompassing the more
fantastical fiction
genres
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Science fiction

 Fantasy

 Humor

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  Is it really necessary
to check the history
to understand the
world now? Why?
 As a student, how do you
value the genres of
literature from the past
knowing that we are living
in a modern world? 37
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