21st Century Literary Genres

21st Literature refers to new literary work created within the last decade. It is written by contemporary authors which may deal with current themes/issues and reflects a technological culture. It often breaks traditional writing rules.

There are 5 Literary Genres and in this blog I will give you a brief explanation about Illustrated Novels, Digi-Fiction, Manga, Doodle Fiction, and Cellphone Novel.

ILLUSTRATED NOVELS

The history of illustration can be traced back to the Egyptian era, when papyrus was used as a writing tool. It evolved gradually in the 18th century, peaked in popularity in the 19th century, and is still evolving in the 21st century through computer-generated means. As a result, the illustrated novel does not have a single decorated cover or frontispiece. Nonetheless, certain novels are inextricably linked with a specific frontispiece or cover design. The interdisciplinary nature of illustrated novels acknowledges the difficulty of determining what constitutes a "novel" or a "illustration," and thus fuels a variety of critical approaches such as, but not limited to, reception studies, art history, cultural studies, bibliographical studies, and semiotic analysis. Although the illustrator and author frequently collaborated on the original text and illustrations, subsequent editions contain    illustrations that the author may or may not have approved of. Some authors illustrated their own work, while others collaborated with multiple illustrators. As illustration flourished in children's literature and migrated to the luxury book market in the twentieth century, the form's appeal waned. Nonetheless, critical interest in the illustrated novel is growing.

DIGI-FICTION

Digital fiction is fiction written for and read on a computer screen that pursues its verbal, discursive, and/or conceptual complexity through the digital medium and would lose some of its aesthetic and semiotic function if that medium were removed. As a result, blogs, communitarian digital fiction, digital storytelling, and any other form of digital narrative that does not qualify as fiction are not included in the definition of digital fiction. While we applaud the authorial democratization enabled by Web 2.0 technology and wholeheartedly support research into it, life narratives are fundamentally nonfiction and thus beyond our purview. It also excludes e-books and games that we cannot'read,' or games that have no dynamic relationship between the gameplay (rules) and its themes (representations) that we can read into, reflect on, or interpret.

MANGA

Manga is said to have originated from scrolls dating back to the 12th century, which are thought to be the foundation for the right-to-left reading style. The term first became popular in the late 18th century. Manga is a Japanese term that translates as "comic"; manga historians and writers have described two broad and complementary processes that shape modern manga. Their perspectives differ on the relative importance they place on post-World War II cultural and historical events versus pre-war, Meiji, and pre-Meiji Japanese culture and art. Manga is a Japanese word for comics in the English-speaking world, it is used as a broad term to generally terminalize all comic books and graphic novels that are originally from Japan. The difference between Manga well it is almost the same as the Graphic Novel but widely different from Doodle Fiction because Doodle Fiction uses doodle writings. But, the only difference between Graphic Novels and Manga is that Manga is originally published in Japan and it is not publicized in other countries. 

   DOODLE FICTION

A doodle is a drawing made while one's attention is diverted elsewhere. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or can simply be composed of random and abstract lines, usually without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is commonly referred to as a scribble. Doodling and scribbling are most commonly associated with young children and toddlers, because their lack of hand–eye coordination and lower mental development often make it very difficult for any young child to keep their coloring attempts within the subject's line art. Despite this, it is not uncommon to observe such behavior in adults, who usually do so jokingly and out of boredom. Doodling is commonly found in school notebooks, often in the margins, and is drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. If a pen and paper are available, other common examples of doodling are produced during long phone conversations. Doodle Fiction is a literary demonstration in which the author uses doodle writing, drawing, and handwritten graphics instead of traditional fonts. It differs from the other two in that it combines traditional techniques or a different way of writing the story with the use of a conventional font. The Doodle drawings enhance or strengthen the flow of the story by frequently adding humorous elements of doodle writing.

CELLPHONE NOVEL

A cell phone novel, or mobile phone novel is a literary work that was originally written on a cell phone using text messaging. This literary genre originated in Japan, where it has since become a popular literary genre. However, its popularity has spread to other countries around the world, particularly China, the United States, Germany, and South Africa. Due to character limitations on cell phones, chapters are typically 70–100 words long. Phone novels were initially read and written primarily by young women about romantic fiction topics such as relationships, lovers, rape, love triangles, and pregnancy. However, mobile phone novels on broader subjects are gaining worldwide popularity. Rather than being printed, the literature is typically delivered to the reader chapter by chapter via email, SMS text message, or subscription through an online writing and sharing website. Pen names and forged identities dominate the Japanese Internet ethos surrounding mobile phone novels. As a result, the identities of the Japanese authors of mobile phone novels are rarely revealed. Japanese cell phone novels were also downloaded in short installments and run as Java-based mobile applications on handsets in three different formats: WMLD, JAVA, and TXT. Maho i-Land is the largest Japanese cell phone novel site, with over a million titles, mostly by inexperienced writers, all of which are available for free. Maho iLand includes blog and homepage templates. Every month, it receives 3.5 billion visits[citation needed]. 98 cell phone novels were published as books in 2007. Koizora is a popular phone novel with over 12 million online views, written by "Mika," that was not only published but also made into a film. In 2007, five of the top ten best-selling novels in Japan were cell phone novels.

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To summarize the 5 genres, The Illustration Novel cover all genres. When reading, the reader interprets the images to gain comprehension of the story and half or about fifty percent of the narrative is presented without words and some illustrations may contain no text at all. The Digi-Fiction navigate and construct the narrative by reading, selecting hyperlinks, and controlling the character’s journey through the story world. The Manga It is a catch-all term for all Japanese-published comic books and graphic novels. Unlike other types of comic books, Manga is almost always in black and white, with colored prints reserved for special editions. The Doodle Fiction writer creates and blends doodles and hand-written graphics to tell a story. Drawings enhance the narrative of the story that can have concrete representational meanings and often with humorous elements. The Cellphone Novels a type of literature which originated in Japan and originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging.

Thank you for reading my blog I hope that you understand well the 5 Genres of Literary