21 stCentury
Literature from the
Philippines and the
World
HYPER POETRY,
TEXT TULA, BLOG
AND CHICK LIT
Hyperpoetry
❑ Hyperpoetry- is a form of digital poetry that uses links
using Hypertext Markup language and is related to
hyperfiction and interactive novels and web novels.
❑ Much of the hyperpoetry in the web are of the traditional
forms of poetry.
❑ Hyperpoetry includes verses with links to sub-poems,
footnotes or poetry generators and sometimes even
videos.
Example of hyperpoetry
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If you ever feel lonely
Let’s chat me and you
Please add and follow me
If you don’t want to
And you’re busy
I understand you.
Hyperpoetry
Note that the example above has embedded links to
several videos. Classical examples are more sprawling and
may take hours to read but most of them have been since
deleted and cannot be accessed anymore due to the
abandonment of flash and general distrust of clicking
random links.
How is it done?
Type your text.
Click insert then hyperlink.
Highlight the text. A drop down menu will appear and
paste a link at the bottom. Click ok
and your done. You may now
incorporate it to your poem.
How is it done in your smartphone?
Type your text and
highlight it.
Paste your desired address
whether it is another file or
web address. Tap ‘ok’ and if
See this little dots?
the text turns blue then it is a
Tap it and select
hyperlink. You may now
hyperlink.
incorporate it with poems to
create hyper poetry.
Textula
❑ These are Entire poems that are written and read on
mobile phones.
❑ It traces its origins to traditional tagalog form of poetry
called Tanaga.
❑ Text tula or Textula employs communication technology
in the sharing of tanaga.
❑ The tanaga consists of 4 lines with 7 syllables each.
❑ End lines are marked with /. This is due to being written
in mobile phones. Smartphones are just starting when
textula was a thing.
Textula
Textula uses the following rhyme schemes.
• Rhyme Schemes
The Basic or AAAA Rhyme Scheme - This means it uses the
same rhyme for each line.
• The Enclosed or ABBA Rhyme Scheme (a.k.a. inipit in
Filipino)-This means that the first and last line has the same
rhyme, while the two middle lines have the same rhyme.
• The Alternate or ABAB Rhyme Scheme (a.k.a. salitan in
Filipino)-This means that rhymes alternate.
• AABB Rhyme Scheme (a.k.a. sunuran in Filipino)-This means
that first and second line has the same rhyme and the third and
the fourth lines has the same rhyme but is different from the
first and second lines.
Example of Textula.
Makata Ng Cellphone
Frank G. Rivera
On September 29, 2013
•
Bayang mahilig sa ganda/
Inuuna ang postura/
Walang laman ang bituka/
Kundi Gasgas na pag-asa//
•
Si Megan Young nang manalo/
Nagbunyi ang Pilipino/
May dala sanang asenso/
Magkakapag-asa tayo//
•
Nagkagyera sa Mindanao/
Kaban ng bayan ninakaw/
Sa bagyo'y daming pumanaw/
Miss World, salamat sa araw//
Blogs
❑ A blog (a shortened version of “weblog”) is an online
journal or informational website displaying information
in reverse chronological order, with the latest posts
appearing first, at the top.
❑ It is a platform where a writer or a group of writers share
their views on an individual subject.
Blogs
• The term is said to have come from the words “weblog”
coined by John Barger in 1997 and then shortened to “blog” by
Peter Merholz in 1999.
• The word “blogger” was later created in reference to the
person with a blog.
• With the popularity of the internet, blogs constituted another
avenue for the largely unrestricted flow of information and
ideas.
• Blog may classified according to their purpose:
• 1. Art blog - is one that posts artistic works
• 2. Photo blog - shows photographs
• 3. Music blog -discusses one or many musical genres
• 4. Educational blog- concerns itself with educational matters
• 5. Personal blog - shows one’s personal musings on a given
topic or topics.
Blogs
• In a sense , blog refers more to a modality rather than to
a literary{piece of writing) form through which something
is shared .
• This modality entails the use of cyberspace, that most
notable achievement of the I.T revolution which has
converted the world into the proverbial “global village”.
• A diary, letter, short story, vignette,poem,journalistic
narrative,and even a novel maybe posted in the internet
as part of a blog.
Chicklit
• Is a genre of fiction, which "consists of Female-centered
narratives that focus on the trials and tribulations of their
individual protagonists".
• The genre often addresses issues of modern womanhood –
from romantic relationships to female friendships to matters in
the workplace – in humorous and light-hearted ways
• .At its onset, chick lit's protagonists tended to be "single, white,
heterosexual, British and American women in their late
twenties and early thirties, living in metropolitan areas"
• .The genre became popular in the late 1990s, with chick lit
titles topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints
devoted entirely to chick lit.
• Chick lit critics generally agreed that British author Catherine
Alliott's The Old Girl Network (1994) was the start of the chick
lit genre and the inspiration for Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's
Diary (1996) which was wildly popular and is the "ur-text" of
chick lit.
Chick lit in the Philippine Context.
• In the Philippine context chick lit tends to be looked upon
by the older generation as trashy pocketbooks and novels
that encourage young people to do “Young love”.
• Most of Chick lit novels in the Philippines follow the “poor
girl meets rich boy” trope or the “Good girl meets bad boy”
trope. Precious hearts romances anyone?
Examples of Chicklit
• Emma: by Jane Austen. s the popular rich girl in town but
has no idea how to handle her own love life. This novel
has been turned into several films and even adapted for
modern-day audiences as the movie Clueless, starring
Alicia Silverstone.
• Memoirs of a Geisha: by Arthur Golden. This heart-
breaking story about survival in 1930s Japan reveals the
last days of the sometimes cruel but mobilizing geisha
culture in Kyoto.
• Most of Wattpad novels written during 2006-Present.
Jonaxx, Max Pein anyone?
Written Activity 2
Create, Discover, Reason
1. Create a poem with 4 lines in each stanzas with 4
stanzas and with 7 syllables each (Tanaga). Any kind of
topics. The poem should be in English. Use all of the
rhymes schemes described in the lesson. Be honest with
your feelings.
2. Find a blog on the web and describe what you have
found. State the name of the blog. Tell us whether you like
it or not . State its type and justify with evidence from the
blog. Do it in essay form.
