Contemporary, Popular, and Emergent Literature

It was started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics.

He has attempted to define the content and ethos of the cyberpunk literary movement

A literary device in which part of something is used to represent the whole, or vice versa.

Literature keeps a record of events that happened in the place where they originated.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Function of literature that may impart moral values to its reader.

It is when a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of multiple sentences throughout a piece of writing.

A genre of writing that criticizes something. It often employs irony, humor, and hyperbole.

It is often used to give the reader more background information and details about specific characters, events,etc.

It is used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.

The notes you write in the margin of the text to yourself.

This word signifies the prevalent culture encompassing popular art, music, and literature.

It is a competition arts event, in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges.

This refers to the literary work that is trending.

A general name given to a loose poetry movement in Britain that took place in the 1960s and 1970s.

Literature orients us to our traditions and folklore.

It is an exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally by the reader.

A series of words or phrases that all (or almost all) start with the same sound.

They often drew inspiration from surrealism and contemporary avant-garde art movements.

Can also be defined as the literature that came from postmodern literature.

Literature creates an imprint of people’s way of living for others to read, hear, and learn.

A subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that focuses on “combination of low-life and high tech”

Literature that finds favor with large audiences.

Acquaintance with letters; Used to describe written and spoken material

Literature displays a person’s ideology.

A word (or group of words) that represents a sound and actually resembles or imitates the sound it stands for.

It has been described as poetry of the personal “I”, focusing on extreme moments of individual experience.

Contained reality-based stories with strong characters and believable stories.

It is the use of informal language and slang.

Literature is a conduct for the chance to experience and feel things where we can learn things about life.

Views each piece of literature as “a unique form of human knowledge that needs to be examined on its own terms”

Integration of a traditional and technological-driven rather than plot-driven.

Literature teaches us many things about human experience.

In this literary theory, you research the historical time period and discuss the work within its historical context.

A literary movement in late 20th and 21st century American poetry that promotes a return to metrical and rhymed verse.

This criticism centers on the psychology of the characters and analyzes character motivation, behavior and actions.

Literature design primarily to entertain.

A combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning.

Literature as “pleasure reading”

He describes cyberpunk as the “finest free promotion campaign ever waged on behalf of science fiction.”

It is when a word or phrase is written multiple times, usually for the purpose of emphasis.

A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres.

This literary movement emphasizes the reader’s role in bringing meaning out of a work.

It is a literary device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place

A literary genre with characteristics of weird fiction and other speculative fiction subgenres.

It is a body of oral and written creative works that showcase a group of people’s culture.

Contains writings that are intended for the masses.

The repeated word or phrase appears at the end of successive statements; it is used to evoke an emotional response.

When an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text.

Literature shows how society works around them.

It is when a statement is used to express an opposite meaning than the one literally expressed by it.

Refers to literary works published post WWII to current day.

Features stories that are more character-driven than plot driven.

According to him, classic cyberpunk characters were marginalized and alienated loners.

This theory holds that there is no objective, outside meaning in any text.

A literary device that refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.

When an author describes a scene, or idea so that it appeals to our senses (taste, smell, sight, touch, or hearing)

It is a tool that helps you find meaning in stories, poems, and plays.

A statement that appears illogical or self-contradictory but, upon investigation, might actually be true or plausible.

A nonhuman figure or other abstract concept or element is described as having human-like qualities or characteristics.

Refers to the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea in a written work to represent something else

A movement in science fiction produced in the 1960s and 1970s and characterized by a high degree of experimentation.

It is the comparing and contrasting of two or more different (usually opposite) ideas, characters, objects, etc.

When an author indirectly hints things on what's to come later on in the story.

Literature preserves the language of every civilization from where it originated.