Contemporary literature is literature which is generally set after World War II and coincident with contemporary history. 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 Afrofuturism Afro-Surrealism Beat Generation Black Mountain poets Concrete poetry Confessional poetry The Movement Nouveau roman Oulipo San Francisco Renaissance Soviet nonconformism
1960s
Postmodernism Black Arts Movement 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 Neo-Decadence New Weird Sastra wangi
2010s
2020s
See also in literature Modernist literature Twentieth-century English literature 20th century in literature 21st century in literature 2000s in books
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