Popular Culture Texts

 Outlets propagated by people, especially by young adults, who express interest in a particular medium, from stories, shows, and movies, to notable personalities  Means for people to expand a particular interest

Popular Culture Texts  Usually goes with what is popular or what is considered the trend in which a number of people share an interest  Could take different formats since people have their own preferences  Dynamic or ever changing – people always find new things to be enthusiastic about

Formats of Popular Culture Texts

Adaptation  In which great or famous literary works are adapted to motion pictures such as movies and animation  The appeal comes in seeing literary worlds and characters come to life  Gives readers an opportunity to compare and check atmosphere and setting of adaptations to their personal construction of literary worlds

Adaptation  Draws people, particularly young adults to read the book in which the movie was based (in the case of people who watched the film but was not aware that there is a book)  It generates book sales and increases the popularity of a literary work since people who watched the adaptation would want to understand the plot more and delve deeper in such ways only a book could accomplish

Adaptation

FOOD FOR THOUGHT There is a continuous debate among readers and people alike on whether the book or the film adaption is better. An emerging trend is that a person becomes bias toward the medium that he or she was exposed first.

Young Adult Turned Novels Turned into Movies  Provides an opportunity to reflect on different interpretations  Reveals something about the society at present – based on current trends and what is readily accepted in society at present

Young Adult Turned Novels Turned into Movies

Novelization  Novels created from another medium (i.e from television shows, movies, or games)  Story stays close to the original but tone and emotions that were shown visually had to be recreated  Particular about description, character thoughts, and background

Novelization  Writers had to shuffle certain scenes found in the show or movie to create coherence  Should be able to ensure smooth transition of characters point of view  Writers are often restricted on how they can alter or revise dialogue  It has to be in line with what was shown in the medium; no more, no less

Novelization Formats that are Novelized

Movies

Television

Novelization Gaming  Compared to miniature golf game  Weaving stories around obstacles  Cannot stick completely to game plots since it will give away details of the game  Players patronize game novelizations because they are interested in reading the back story of characters and get a glimpse of story development between game episodes

Gaming

Novelized Extension  Called tie-ins  Original works based on a story world canon canon  Create new stories using canoncanon  Distinguished from other texts in that it is usually published and marketed by partner publishing companies

Canon  actual copyrighted story line that includes characters, relationships, and back story of a fictional world

Novelized Extension  could be a story from unaired television episode or movie sequels that were never pushed through  the creativity of the writer is not restricted and has unlimited boundaries  Authors can write from different character perspectives (not just from the protagonist’s POV)  Can be written in different formats (novels, capers, short stories, and novellas)

Novelized Extension  Time is not a limitation  There is more space to explore things since most readers know the characters and the fictional universe  Caution should be observed in writing and all aspects of the story should first be considered since fans are quick to pick up any inconsistency

Novelized Extension Facilitates Strategic Reading Habits 1. Reader is required to summon and entire collection of knowledge to make sense of the story 2. Event Sequencing – easily situate a scene or event in a story world’s time frame

Novelized Extension

Fanfiction  Novelized extension written by fans  Still follows the canon but fans of a certain work are more liberal and their take on scene and character development are subjective  Traced back to Star Trek craze where fans wrote short stories and published it on fanzines  Advent of internet and self publication sites, it gained dominance

Fanfiction Fanfiction.netWattpad discussion forums  Websites such as Fanfiction.net, Wattpad, and other discussion forums contain vast fanfiction archives under different genres and categories  Writers are only limited by imagination

Fanfiction Subgenres Crossovers - Characters from different movies, television shows, games, or books interact in a given story line Slash - Romantic story lines with same-gender characters Alternative Universe -writings where plot starts with major changes to the canon

Fanfiction Subgenres Crossovers - Characters from different movies, television shows, games, or books interact in a given story line Slash - Romantic story lines with same-gender characters Alternative Universe -writings where plot starts with major changes to the canon

Fanfiction Other Terminologies: Spoiler - those that give away details fans might not yet know Shipper – from the word “relationship” these are fans who wish for certain character pairings Fandom – refers to people who enjoy a specific story, character, game, etc. and actively interact with people who share the same interest

Fanfiction Other Terminologies: Fanon – fiction + canon, these are invented facts or situations used frequently in fan fiction that they are seen as extended part of canon Flaming – leaving extremely negative review without strong justification

Fanfiction Relevance:  Creates a real writing network for young adults  Meant to be shared, revised, and published  Provides a young authoring cycle for young writers  Just like the Palanca awards and other literary awards, fanfiction franchises have their own awards for fanfiction writers