Contemporary literature ppt

Diverse literatures chronicle a variety of experiences and create empathy and connection.
The twenty-first century began with reminders of the interconnectedness of a global society linked by industrial capitalism and communications technology but divided by institutions such as:

Contemporary fiction • Contemporary fiction allows for multiple meanings and multiple worlds, uses nontraditional forms, and comments upon itself. • However, it embraces traditional storytellers as well as postmodern risk-takers.

Contemporary Literature (1945-present) • The key social, political, and cultural changes in Britain, and in the world, since the WWII has had a profound impact on literature. • Established notions of the literary have been challenged from a previously marginalized perspectives (e.g., feminist, post-colonial).

• New Journalism (or Literary Journalism) has added personal and fictional elements to nonfiction, enhancing its popularity with today’s readers.
Contemporary Poetry • By the early 1950s, many writers and readers felt that modernist poetry – impersonal, allusive, difficult – was no longer appropriate.