EMERGENT LITERARY
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MANGA
Manga is an umbrella term for a wide
variety of comic books and graphic
novels originally produced and published
in Japan. Unlike American comic books,
which are usually printed in full color,
Japanese manga are almost always
published in black and white. Full-color
prints are often only used for special
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MANGA
Manga is an umbrella term for a wide
variety of comic books and graphic
novels originally produced and published
in Japan. Unlike American comic books,
which are usually printed in full color,
Japanese manga are almost always
published in black and white. Full-color
prints are often only used for special
releases.
Japanese manga is read right-to-left
rather than left-to-right, which is the
norm for English language publications.
This can take some getting used to if
you have only ever read English
publications, but you will hardly notice
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One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series
written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in
Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since
July 1997, with its chapters compiled in 110 tankōbon volumes
as of November 2024. The series follows the adventures of
Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he
explores the Grand Line in search of the mythical treasure
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One Piece has received praise for its storytelling, world-building,
art, characterization, and humour. It has received many awards
and is ranked by critics, reviewers, and readers as one of the
best manga of all time. By August 2022, it had over 516.6
million copies in circulation in 61 countries and regions
worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history,
and the best-selling comic series printed in a book volume.
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DOODLE
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DOODLE
FICTION
Doodle Fiction is a genre where author incorporates
doodle writing and drawing. The graphics were
handwritten a place of traditional font.
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DOODLE
FICTION
Doodle Fiction is a genre where author incorporates
doodle writing and drawing. The graphics were
handwritten a place of traditional font.
Doodle Fiction is more text heavy than Manga and
Graphic Novels, and closer to prose fiction than comics
in format. We'll, the drawings and pictures are made to
help enhance the story, to add humorous elements
that will help to attract/make it interesting for the
readers or viewers. An example is Doodle Dog by Eric
Seltzer and Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.
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FLASH
FICTION
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FLASH
FICTION
Flash fiction is a genre of fiction, defined as a very
short story. While there is no set word count that
separates flash fiction from more traditional short
stories, flash fiction stories can be as short as a few
words (while short stories typically run for several
pages). Flash fiction is also known as sudden fiction,
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Give It Up!
Franz Kafka
It was very early in the morning, the streets clean
and deserted, I was walking to the station. As I
compared the tower clock with my watch I realized
that it was already much later than I had thought, I
had to hurry, the shock of this discovery made me
unsure of the way, I did not yet know my way very
well in this town; luckily, a policeman was nearby, I
ran up to him and breathlessly asked him the way.
He smiled and said: “From me you want to know the
way?” “Yes,” I said, “since I cannot find it myself.”
“Give it up! Give it up,” he said, and turned away
with a sudden jerk, like people who want to be alone
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