GRAPHIC FICTION VS. FLASH FICTION
Taylor Swift
Written by Hugh Behm-Steinberg tells a weird story of how anyone can order a perfectly clone of Taylor Swift at his doorstep. First lines: "You're in love; it's great, you swipe on your phone and order: the next day a Taylor Swift clone shows up at your house."
The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers
Written by Sarnath Banerjee in 2009 which portrays 18th Century Calcutta exploiting the myth of the "Wandering Jew".
Angels and Blueberries
Written by Tara Campbell is a story of various explanations for the color of the sky that involves angles and blueberries First lines: "Why is the sky blue?" you ask. Well, it all depends on who's answering.
Unnecessary Things
Written by Tatyana Tolstaya is a story of finding an old and torn bear, "unnecessary things" (items that do not serve any useful purpose), that she adored as a child. First lines: This Teddy bear once had amber eyes made from special glass -- each one had a pupil and and iris. The bear itself was gray and stiff, with wiry fur, I adored him.
My Freaking Alarm
Written by: Demecia Dean Published: 2014
The Unlucky Winners
Written by: Nicky Johnson Published: 2019
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TRUE OR FALSE: Modern literary genres gain popularity due to the advent of technologies such as internet and other virtual media which become the major platforms of most of modern literary texts like graphic and flash fictions.
In the Shadow of No. Tower: 9/11
Written by Art Spiegelmen in 2004 which tells the story about the terrorist attacks on September 11 in America. This also depicts the traumatic and tragic experiences of American people during the 9/11 terrorist attack.
Louis Riel
Written by Chester Brown in 2003 which is a fictionalized violent rebellion in the 19th Century on the Canadian Praire who was led by Riel
Features of Graphic Fiction according to Singh (2012)
1. Autographic forms are the marks of author's handwriting which creates an impact that the whole novel is a manuscript and thus provides a sense of intimacy. 2. Graphic novels encourage interactivity in the minds of the reader as he fills in the blanks between image panels. 3. Filling in the blanks between image panels makes the reader imagine the actions portrayed in the story. 4. The language, syntax and meaning of a graphic novel spring primarily through the relationship between images than words. 5. Graphic fiction combines book and screen
Brevity
According to Sustana (2020(, most of the flash fictions have these common characteristics: 1. Flash fiction presents the story with the fewest words as possible.
Complete Plot
According to Sustana (2020(, most of the flash fictions have these common characteristics: 2. Flash fiction emphasizes the development of plot. It has a beginning, middle, and ending of the story.
Surprising Ending
According to Sustana (2020(, most of the flash fictions have these common characteristics: 3. The successful hallmark of a flash fictions is its twist at the end of the story.
Graphic Novel
Another term for Graphic Fiction
Graphic Fiction
It is a comic book narrative that is equivalent in form and dimension to the prose novel (Campbell 200, 81). The pictures are arranged in sequenced in image panels and dialogues are written in speech bubbles. The illustrations allow the readers to imagine and experience the characters and events in the story.
Graphic Fiction
It is a creative piece written in comic form.
Flash Fiction
It is a imaginative literature of extreme brevity. It could range from a word to a thousand (Gacusan 2018). it is known as micro stories, postcard fiction, nanotales, and short shorts.
Flash Fiction
It is a really short written creative piece usually consisting of a few hundred words.
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TRUE OR FALSE: Graphic fiction and flash fiction are two different genres of modern literature.
