21st Century Literary Works Quiz

21st Century Literary Modules

• Representative texts and authors from Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America, and Africa are covered
• Tan Twan Eng authored "The Gift of Rain" and "The Garden of Evening Mists"
• Musharraf All Farooqi wrote "The Story of a Widow", "Between Clay and Dust", "Tik-tik", and "The Master of Time"
• Jeet Thayil's works include "These Errors are Correct," "Apocalypso," and "Narcopolis"
• Kim Thuy authored "Ru"
• Jonathan Safran Foer wrote "Eating Animals", "Everything is Illuminated", and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
• Sara Gruen authored "Ape House," "Water for Elephants," and "Riding Lessons"
• Margaret Atwood's publications include "Oryx and Crake," "The Handmaid's Tale," and "The Blind Assassin"
• Valeria Luiselli wrote "Faces in the Crowd" and "The Story of My Teeth"
• Ian McEwan authored "First Love," "Last Rites," "Atonement," and "Saturday"
• David Mitchell wrote "Ghostwritten," "Cloud Atlas," and "The Bone Clocks"
• Zadie Smith's works include "White Teeth" and "On Beauty"
• Delphine de Vigan authored "No and Me," "The Booksellers' Prize," and "Nothing holds back the night"
• Isabel Allende's works include "The House of the Spirits" and "City of the Beasts"
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez's works include "100 Years of Solitude," "Love in Time of Cholera"
• Mario Vargas Llosa's works include "The Feast of the Goat," "Death in the Andes," and "In Praise of the Stepmother"
• Patricio Pron wrote "My Father's Ghost is Climbing in the Rain"
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's works include "Purple Hibiscus," "Half of a Yellow Sun," and "The Thing Around Your Neck"
• Aminatta Forna wrote "The Devil that Danced on Water" and "The Memory of Love"
• Nadine Gordimer wrote "Burger's Daughter"
• Alain Mabanckou authored "The Prize of the Five Francophone Continents," "Memoirs of a Porcupine," and "African Psycho"

21st Century Literary Genres

• Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) is often referred to as "literature of ideas" or "speculative fiction"
• Sci-Fi explores the possibilities of human societies and technologies
• Fantasy Fiction draws inspiration from mythology and folklore, and often incorporates magic
• Supernatural Fiction focuses on secret knowledge or hidden abilities like witchcraft or psychic abilities
• Utopian Fiction depicts ideal societies, often satirically
• Dystopian Fiction highlights problematic aspects of societies, often concerning things like government rules, poverty, or oppression
• Space Opera is Sci-Fi set in outer space, focusing on conflict, romance, or adventure
• Space Western combines Sci-Fi with Western genre elements
• Cyberpunk contrasts advanced technology with less advanced, broken-down societies
• Steampunk blends technology with steam-powered machinery
• Hypertext Poetry/Fiction uses computer screens for navigation through stories
• Flash Fiction presents short-short stories or micro-fiction, typically under 1500 words

How to Write Literary Analysis

• Choose an element (character, theme, setting, conflict, or imagery) to focus on
• Determine a question, which in part should be addressed by your thesis statement
• Find evidence (textual quotes or examples) to support your thesis and the question you asked
• Introduce statements that combine textual evidence and analysis in each step
• Summarize your points in a conclusion