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The lines of this were often blurred during this literary era.
What is reality?
100
This author wrote the still controversial, "Catcher in the Rye", a novel that became a symbol for a generation of disaffected youth.
Who is J.D. Salinger?
100
Sylvia Plath was known for this type of poetry.
What is confessional poetry?
100
The contemporary literary era came about following this World War
What is World War II?
100
The key rhetorical device used in Contemporary works is this.
What are metaphors?
200
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden is this form of contemporary literature.
What is confessional poetry?
200
This petite asian woman wrote pieces such as "Mother Tongue" and "The Kitchen God's Wife".
Who is Amy Tan?
200
Maya Angelou was a prominent figure in this realm of Contemporary Literature.
What is African American Literature?
200
People observed life as this element of society presented it.
What is the media?
200
"On the Mall" was this type of Contemporary writing.
What is Exposition?
300
Jose Garcia Villa's, author of "Be Beautiful, Noble, Like the Antique Ant," poetry reflects his concern for this.
What is the individual?
300
Pre-hippie, highly intellectual, and anti-tradition authors were given this name.
What is a beat writer?
300
These types of writers emerged during this literary period.
What are ethnic and women writers?
300
This literary era fell only a few years short of this one.
What is Modern Era?
300
Poems that express personal thoughts and feelings of the speaker and retain a musical quality are this type of poetry.
What is lyric poetry?
400
John Updike, author of "The Slump," was one of the first contemporary writers to employ this tense in his writing.
What is present tense?
400
She was the most famous Confessional Poet and died by committing suicide.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
400
Contemporary literature consists of concern with this.
What is individual in isolation?
400
This virtue, an important one of this era, was portrayed in this Contemporary poem.
What is "Be Beautiful, Noble, Like the Antique Ant"?
400
This type of contemporary protagonist lacks the qualities of the typical hero.
What is an antihero?
500
This is the sound a doggy makes.
What is rough? Wink wink Kade, wink wink.
500
He was known for his thrilling psychological horror novels such as "Carrie."
Who is Stephen King?
500
Contemporary literature is a mix of these two styles.
What is fantasy and nonfiction?
500
What major event during the 1960's inspired authors to write about about soldiers' lives?
What is the Vietnam War?
500
This is one of the four major literary charaterisc classifications of Contemporary era.
What is either a narrative piece, an autobiography, a humorous irony, or a connection between people?