Exploring New Trends Of Literature

Exploring New Trends Of LiteratureEffortless and high-speed access to internet through mobile ph unriv everyeds and computers has made the man impatient, edgy and hungry for knowledge. No one has time to stop, to read and to enjoy. The busy support of man leaves him no time for untenanted and hobbies. In this fast world, knowledge is wider with little reciprocations. Somehow, words seem not as importance as they used to be. Books, sensitivespapers, journals throw off taken a ski binding-seat in this electronic- ripen. In America most major paper publications like the New York Times or the w only street Journal be having trouble living in face of the alternate media that is the internet. Cybernetic reading is displacing linear, closed, solitary reading. It is transforming the process of literary reading. The reader is continuously exposed to inter- textual ties and virtual ties of mass media and that of selective information technology. People, to a greater extent thanover kids today have short attention-spans. Long drawn out sentences, never ending paragraphs and detailed long description atomic number 18 not understandable to them. For example Thomas Hardy. Hardy has a flair for the native lands and usually indites pages describing landscapes which is not appreciated by todays reading audience. I mean, how do we relate? on that point are no landscapes left which we can see and admire their beautyLiterature has faced uncountable changes ever since its existence. Passing through all the ages, it has flourished richly. In the age of cybernetics, literature has become an art form. Its being redefined as per the needs of a younger population. Modern tools have helped literature become an equalizer between the haves and the have-not. SMS has created new room for urban quotations and poems. Stories can now be presented in 140 characters or less. No wonder we say the world is outgrowth smaller. Flash lying and micro- metaphor have sidelined long elab orative patterns of piece. Earlier people used to spend hours in libraries searching and reading up on information for their answers and papers. Now, however all one needs to do is GOOGLE it An entire world of information is accessible at the click of a mouse. The same is with dictionaries. Oxford, which was once considered the bible for literature students is no more that important. Almost all the mobile phones have dictionaries. And if not that, there is s cashbox the mesh. Software like Word web etc provides one with the meaning for almost all the words.The 6 word novel is a new field for writers to experiment. After she died, he came alive by Rebecca James and One gun, two shots, three d.o.a. by Marcy are examples of a six word novel. This is a new fashion of writing which is challenging and creative. It may be easy to write a long, narrative and detailed novel but writing a novel as short as six words requires innovation. Hundred years back no one would have thought of writi ng a novel in six words. Mr. Dickens is definitely turning in his grave. Six word novels leave the reader curious and thoughtful. The meaning is also left to readers interpretation. It requires a lot of creativity and imagination We are moving ever closer to the conception of the Death of the Author, that Roland Barthes had propounded. The text now has more and more gaps that makes it more and more readerly than writerly. Further Blogging sites have abandoned opportunity to upcoming, amateur writers. They are getting more and more popular. Flash fiction too is an in thing. It has restricted words and the idea has to be flashy and catchy. The famous example is Aesops Fables. It is loved by all due to its concise form of writing and implied moral. Even famous writers like OHenry, Ernest Hemingway, and Anton Chekov as flash fiction writers. Examples Twitter fiction refers to original, self-contained whole works of fiction in each tweet published by Twitter users. Twitter fiction is being classified into certain new literary genres, which are given new names by combining the name of the different genres with the name of the application. Therefore, Thrillers become Twillers, Haikus become Twaikus and Short Stories become Twistories or Twisters. Twitter has come roughly as a revolution. A television serial SHIT MY DAD SAYS which makes its CBS debut in September is based on a Twitter render started by struggling comedy writer Justin Halpern in 2003, who captured his own fathers salty language and forthright observations. As an expression of postmodern literature, twitter fiction shares characteristics of micro-fiction (printed), much(prenominal) as brevity, multiple meanings and inter-textual ties.Literature is also an art of writing the above mentioned forms are not only new trends and ways of enhancing but also re-altering art. It has diverse, flagrant and very spontaneous forms and unlike the conventional. It has gained immense popularity. It gives you the pleasure of knowledge and quenches your curiosity in small and controlled doses. It definitely creates new and different genres of literature. These forms have come in to acceptance because of their popular demand. These new and recent trends are unimaginable concepts from the point of view of anyone living a few decades ago. Blogging, twittering, micro blogging, 6 word novels, all of them are changing the trends of literature with regards to reading and writing. Its giving opportunity to upcoming talent and is helping decentralize the processes of who gets to publish what in the world of literature.Of course, these new trends are fascinating and interesting but, according to some literary purists, it is degrading the classics and the conventions of literature. Literary purists are put off by internet slang, which according to them gives rise to the insult of language and superficiality. Especially on Twitter, for e.g. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is Rich kid thinks ever yone is fake except for his little sister. Has breakdown. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen has become Woman meets man called Darcy who seems horrible. He turns out to be nice really. They get together. Dantes Inferno is boiled down to Im having a midlife crisis. Lost in the woods. Should have bought my iPhone. These are non-formal free form styles of writing and they often neglect grammatical errors, wrong use of vocabulary and have little respect for the great works of literature from which some of them copy. These are shorter than short stories, flashier than flash fiction and now they have become Twititure. SMS and Facebook poetry have been claimed to have degraded the language, vocabulary, form and conventions of writing too. Urban words and slangs are becoming common to every mouth. To some, phrases like ash hole, zombie Jesus, directionally challenged, pen you in dont make sense. Nor do they consider it as any form of valid language.Grammar is lost and has almost disappeared in todays scenario. SMS languages have ruined the role of vocabulary and spelling. Spellings with missing vowels are now growing famous. The fast-paced life is short-lived for literature. No longer do many want to learn the details of any book, grammar or even poetry. Somehow, Classics are now growing old fashioned and boring. Anything that is short and interesting is definitely catchy for todays generation. We want to know everything now Who cares if its missing a comma or two or that it lacks in depth and research.Lastly in cybernetic culture, hypertext may survive as an art form by offering pleasures of virtual immediacy, spontaneity, rich web of texts in various media and interactivity for the reader. Literature as a form of art, can be studied in depth adding more weightage to the content. Otherwise the subject in itself is losing its importance and charm. Hypertext version can be the boon to revive Literature. For e.g. D.G. Rosettis The Blessed Damozel in its hypertext versio n will have the poem and the painting juxtaposed. victimisation zoom in and zoom out the student and/or reader can view the relevant sections of the painting and be able to relate punter with the poem. How many times have we literature students heard the word boring being tagged along with our stream of study. The decisive moment of literary life will be that of reading. Mankind is beginning to understand how to dismantle and reassemble the most complex and unpredictable of all its machines Language.Earlier people used to write diaries but it has now become the talk of the past. Reliving memories through Facebook, twitter and other networking sites is a lot easier. Uploading of pictures on Facebook saves man from the tedious task of pickings care of albums or preparing scrapbooks (Anyway there is no space to keep them) All the friends have an access to the albums online and are free to add their comments on the pictures saving it till the account survives. Is it necessary?Todays wo rld is far richer in words and concepts and signs than the world that surrounded primitive man. Far more people are getting involved, are taking part in the process or writing than ever before. The changing face of literature is an uncontrollable factor, whether its good or bad is unaffected(p) and unknown.