New Genres of Literature: Digi Fictions and Graphic Novels

Literary Genres and Forms

• Transmedia Literature: Combines books, movies/videos, and websites, allowing navigation and engagement across all three formats.
• Manga: Distinguished by its distinctive art style, panel layout, and cultural themes, typically read from right to left, setting it apart from Western comics.
• Graphic Novels: Feature longer narratives than comic books, with lengths ranging from forty-eight to five hundred pages, allowing for in-depth storytelling.
• Doodle Literature: A form of digital literature characterized by doodle drawings and handwritten graphics, resembling a story diary with humorous elements.

Fictional Landscapes

• Speculative Fiction: Encompasses genres where the world's "Laws" differ from reality, including Speculative, Historical, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror.

Poetic Forms and Examples

• Hypertext Poetry: Earliest examples found in online digital formats, utilizing hyperlinks to enhance reading experiences.

Chick Lit Focus

• Chick Lit: Primarily explores themes around women’s experiences, relationships, and personal growth, often with a humorous or lighthearted tone.

Classic Literary Works

• The Iliad: Set during the Trojan War, detailing the siege of the city of Troy and its legendary heroes.

Figures of Speech

• Simile: Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "as brave as a lion").
• Palindrome: A word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward (e.g., "racecar").
• Faction: Blurs the lines between fact and fiction, combining elements of both in storytelling.
• Idioms:
  • "It’s raining cats and dogs": An example of hyperbole, suggesting heavy rain.
  • "He is a pig": A metaphor comparing someone’s perceived traits to a pig.
  • "The moon looked down at me": Personification attributing human qualities to the moon.
  • "Jumbo shrimp": An example of oxymoron, combining contradictory terms.
  • "The captain commands one hundred sails": Synecdoche, where a part represents the whole.

Explore the emerging genres of Digi Fictions, which combine books, movies/videos, and internet websites, and Graphic Novels, which are longer comics with complete single stories. Learn about their unique formats, lengths, and examples like 'Osyana' and 'Ella Arcangel'.