Contemporary literature is literature which is generally set after World War II and coincident with contemporary history.[citation needed] Subgenres of contemporary literature include contemporary romance and others.
History
Literary movements are always contemporary to the writer discussing the work of their day. Here what have been recently "contemporary" are listed by decade. The list should not be assumed to be comprehensive.
1940s
- Postcolonialism
1950s
- Absurdism
- Beat Generation
- Black Mountain poets
- Concrete poetry
- Confessional poetry
- The Movement
- Nouveau roman
- Oulipo
- San Francisco Renaissance
- Soviet nonconformism
1960s
- Postmodernism
- British Poetry Revival
- Hungry generation
- Language poets
- New Wave
- New York School
1970s
- Misty Poets
- New Formalism
- Spoken Word
1980s
- Cyberpunk
- Maximalism
- Performance Poetry
- Poetry slam
1990s
- New sincerity
- Post cyber punk
2000s
- New Weird
- Sastra wangi
2010s
2020s
See also
- 2025 in literature
- Modernist literature
- Twentieth-century English literature
- 20th century in literature
- 21st century in literature
- 2000s in books
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