title: Contemporary literature
text: # Contemporary literature
  
  Literature :
  
  Oral literature :
  
  Folklore
  
  Fable
  
  Fairy tale
  
  Folk play
  
  Folksong
  
  Heroic epic
  
  Legend
  
  Myth
  
  Proverb
  
  Oration
  
  Performance
  
  Audiobook
  
  Spoken word
  
  Saying :
  
  Major written forms :
  
  Drama
  
  Closet drama
  
  Poetry
  
  Lyric
  
  Narrative
  
  Nonsense
  
  Prose
  
  Long prose fiction
  
  Anthology
  
  Serial
  
  Novel/Romance
  
  Short prose fiction
  
  Novella
  
  Novelette
  
  Short story
  
  Sketch
  
  Flash fiction
  
  Parable • Religious • Wisdom :
  
  Prose genres :
  
  Poetry genres :
  
  Dramatic genres :
  
  Comedy
  
  Libretto
  
  Play
  
  Historical
  
  Moral
  
  Tragedy
  
  Tragicomedy
  
  Satire :
  
  History and lists :
  
  History
  
  Outline
  
  Glossary of terms
  
  Books
  
  Writers
  
  Movements
  
  Literary awards
  
  poetry :
  
  Discussion :
  
  Criticism
  
  Theory
  
  Sociology
  
  Magazines :
  
  Topics :
  
  Composition
  
  Language
  
  Narrative :
  
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  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.
  
  