Digital age literature
Literature written in and about the digital age, incorporating internet language, social media, digital communication, or addressing technological transformation of human experience. Digital age literature reflects contemporary technological embeddedness.
Real World
Kiese Laymon's *Heavy* and Sally Rooney's *Normal People* both feature characters whose emotional lives are mediated through text messages and social media, reflecting how digital communication has reshaped intimacy and self-presentation for millennials.
Exam Focus
Analyse how digital language or form (fragmented syntax, lowercase, emoji) is used deliberately by the writer to reflect character psychology or contemporary alienation.
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