The Contemporary Period

The Contemporary period is from 1945 through now. The world is a mess and war is an inevitable madness. It breaks away from social and political norms. Women developed a voice and eventually got the rights they fought for. The contemporary period included various cultures and ethnicities. The genres of writing mixed and expanded. Different types of writing emerged such as sound poetry and circular narrative. There is no limit or filter, an example of this would be in The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins. The Vietnam, Korean, Cold, and Persian Gulf wars on terrorism all effected the attitude of writing such as The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Since 1945, we have made impressive medical advances. Other advancements such as music genres have expanded. Music such as rock and roll, country, pop, and rap have appeared. Televisions have color and we now live in a digital world where you can access anything such as food, clothes, books, etc. on your phones, laptops, and other devices. This is shown in the short story Licensed To Kill Time by Kim Z Dale. Another famous novel written during this time is The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Some poems from this era are Shel Silverstein’s “Where The Sidewalk Ends” and “Hector the Collector”.