Examples of Blogs
Literary elements
Critical Interpretation
- refers to particular identifiable
characteristics of a whole text
- These are setting, plot, characterization, conflict, point of view, theme, and tone.
- a critical explanation of the meaning of a literary work
- It involves analysis of its elements, especially the theme.
- The most familiar example of interpretation is literary criticism.
Speculative Fiction
- an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts
Creative Nonfiction
Hyperpoetry
- a form of digital poetry that uses links using hypertext mark-up
- http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Hyper-Poetry/fireflies.html
- http://www.edwardpicot.com/thirteenways/blackbirdsinterface.html
- also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives
Literary Techniques
- refers to any specific, deliberate constructions or choices of language which an author uses to convey meaning in a particular way
Context
21st Century Literature
- anything beyond the specific words of a literary work that may be relevant to understanding the meaning
- Contexts may be economic, social, cultural, historical, literary, biographical, etc.
- same as authorial context
- places a particular literary work within the context of the author’s life
- useful sources include biographies of the author, autobiographies or memoirs by the author or by people who knew him or her, and critical works that give close attention to the author’s life
- 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.
Blog
- a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly
- Some blogs are written by one person containing their own opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written by many different people.
Chick Lit
- genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and light-heartedly
- became popular in the late 1990s
21st Century Literature Glossary
of Important Terms