21st Century Modules PDF

**Representative texts and authors from Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa** **[ASIA]** **TAN TWAN ENG-** The Gift of Rain, The Garden of Evening Mists **MUSHARRAF ALL FAROOQI-** The Story of a Widow, Between Clay and Dust, Tik-tik, The Master of Time" **JEET THAYIL-** These E...

**Representative texts and authors from Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa** **[ASIA]** **TAN TWAN ENG-** The Gift of Rain, The Garden of Evening Mists **MUSHARRAF ALL FAROOQI-** The Story of a Widow, Between Clay and Dust, Tik-tik, The Master of Time" **JEET THAYIL-** These Errors are Correct, Apocalypso, Narcopolis **KIM THUY-** Ru **[NORTH AMERICA]** **JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER-** Eating Animals, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close **SARA GRUEN-** Ape House, Water for Elephants, Riding Lessons **MARGARET ATWOOD-** Oryx and Crake, The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin **VALERIA LUISELLI-** Faces in the Crowd, The Story of My Teeth **[EUROPE]** **IAN MCEWAN-** First Love, Last Rites, Atonement, Saturday **DAVID MITCHELL-** Ghostwritten, Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks **ZADIE SMITH-** White Teeth, On Beauty **DELPHINE DE VIGAN-** No and Me, The Booksellers' Prize, Nothing holds back the night **[LATIN AMERICA]** **ISABEL ALLENDE-** The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts **GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ-** 100 Years of Solitude, Love in Time of Cholera **MARIO VARGAS LLOSA-** The Feast of the Goat, Death in the Andes, In Praise of the Stepmother **PATRICIO PRON-** My Father's Ghost is Climbing in the Rain **[AFRICA]** **CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE-** Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Thing Around Your Neck **AMINATTA FORNA­-** The Devil that Danced on Water, The Memory of Love **NADINE GORDIMER**- Burger's Daughter **ALAIN MABANCKOU-** The Prize of the Five Francophone. Continents for Broken Glass, Memoirs of a Porcupine, African Psycho ------------------------------------ **21^st^ Century Literary Genres** ------------------------------------ **[A. SCIENCE FICTION]**- Often referred to as "literature of ideas" and is also known as "scifi," "SF," or "speculative fiction," science fiction is a modern genre that explores the possibilities of human societies and technologies. One thing to bear in mind about this form of writing is that although it is plausible or scientifically possible, the storyline and its elements are still imaginary because this kind of story falls under fiction. **1. FANTASY FICTION**. Sci-fi stories inspired by mythology and folklore that often include elements of magic **2. SUPERNATURAL FICTION**. About secret knowledge or hidden abilities (e.g. witchcraft, spiritualism and psychic abilities) **3. UTOPIAN FICTION**. About civilizations the authors deem to be perfect, ideal societies. Often satirical **4. DYSTOPIAN FICTION**. About societies the authors deem to be problematic for things like government rules, poverty, or oppression **5. SPACE OPERA**. A play on the term "soap opera," scifi stories that take place in outer space and center around conflict, romance, and adventure. **6. SPACE WESTERN**. Sci-fi stories that blend elements of science fiction with elements of the western genre **7. CYBERPUNK**. Sci-fi stories that juxtapose advanced technology with less advanced, broken down society **8. STEAMPUNK**. Sci-fi stories that blend technology with steam-powered machinery **[B. HYPERTEXT POETRY AND FICTION]**- Rather than using a printed page, hypertext poetry and fiction use computer screen to navigate through sections of the text. **[C. FLASH FICTION]**- They are also known as short-short-stories or micro fiction since these stories are no longer than 1500 words and are designed to be read in four to five minutes (Gunner, n.d.). ------------------------------------ **How to Write Literary Analysis** ------------------------------------ **STEP 1:** **[Read the Book. Then read it again.]** Choose the element you're going to focus on: characters, theme, setting, conflicts and imagery. **STEP 2:** **[Brainstorming]**: Think of the question you're going to answer. It is a so-called thesis statement. Answer the why question. **STEP 3:** **[Assemble textual evidence:]** This is to answer and support the question you asked. **STEP 4**: **[Present, quote and analyze:]** Introduce your statement, then add your textual evidence to support the statement. Use quotes. **STEP 5:** **[Make a conclusion:]** It should include all the major points that have been made in the aforementioned statements of your literary analysis.