Works Cited

About.com Contemporary Literature. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://contemporarylit.about.com/>.

 

Contemporary Literature:: Home. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://contemporaryliterature.org/.

 

"Contemporary Literature." Project MUSE. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/contemporary_literature/.

 

Heller, Joseph. "Genre: Contemporary Literature | Illiterarty.com." Illiterarty.com | Book Reviews and Blogs by Bridget. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.illiterarty.com/genre-contemporary-literature>.

 

"To the Next Poem, by Samuel Hazo | Contemporary World Literature." Contemporary World      Literature: Literary Journal for the Arts. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://contemporaryworldliterature.com/blog/poetry/to-the-next-poem-by-samuel-hazo/>.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #5

"SAMUEL HAZO  is the author of poetry, fiction, essays, various works of translation and four plays. Governor Robert Casey named him Pennsylvania’s first State Poet 1993. He served until 2003. "

http://contemporaryworldliterature.com/blog/poetry/to-the-next-poem-by-samuel-hazo/

The paragraph above is talking about one of the most known authors of the Contemporary time period.

Reflection on sources

I have five sources I am using for my research blog. A couple of the sources only give a small bit of information but some give a lot of information. It was hard to find the saources that I found but the only answer part of my quetsions. One of the questions that I am having difficulty is what cultures did the Contemporary time write about.

Reflection on the process

During the process of the research was very difficult for the most part. It is not easy finding information about literature it is easier to find it more about the time period. I have Contemporary tioe  period and it is the most modern time period. It is also difficult because the technology we were working with wouldn't work half of the time. I have yet to answer all of my questions because i can't find the information.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #4

"It is within this category of English literature that Contemporary literature falls. There is broad agreement that the classification of Contemporary literature represents literature produced from 1960 to the present day. However, it certainly doesn't represent all written works that fall within this time period, and indeed, there is more to Contemporary literature than merely a time period. There are also stylistic issues and issues with personal subjectivity that cause certain classifications within and omissions from this genre to be contested." http://www.illiterarty.com/genre-contemporary-literature The paragraph above is basically catagoizing Contemporary literature. But not all of the literature in the time period of 1960 and now is not all considered Contemporary literature. It is also talking about how Contemporary literature is more than just a time period it is about the style to.

Graph/chart/map and citation

http://www.redstate.com/neil_stevens/2010/07/08/a-chart-of-unemployment-since-1995/

Wordle #2

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #3

"The genre classification of Contemporary literature represents certain texts written during and after 1960. There are also other requirements for a text to classify as Contemporary literature; the text should be of a class distinguishable by a high standard of writing; be it beauty, composition, style, significance."
http://www.illiterarty.com/genre-contemporary-literature

The paragraph above is stating that Contemporary literarute is texts written from the 1960's untuil now. It also states that ther are other requirements for it to be considered Contemporary.

Quote, paraphase, and citation #2

"Jasper Fforde is the author of the Nursery Crimes and Thursday Next series of alternate history, fantasy, mystery novels as well as Shades of Grey (2010), the first in a new funny and dystopic series of books about a future race of people who are divided into a hierarchy based upon their ability to perceive different ranges in the color spectrum."
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/fiction/u/fiction.htm

In the paragraph above the author is basically stating what books and series the author wrote during the Contemporary time period. the author is talking about the stories behind the authors well known work.

Reflection paragraph

In my project I am mostly up to progress. I am having difficulty trying to find information on my time period though. Literature is a hard subject to find research in. The only other thing I am having difficulity is with technology. Some of the websites aren't working well the iPads and it is making it hard to complete what needs to be done.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #1

"Contemporary Literature published the first articles on Thomas Pynchon and Susan Howe, and the first interviews with Margaret Drabble and Don DeLillo. Where will the field go next? Contemporary Literature leads the way with in-depth interviews with significant writers, broad-ranging articles written by leaders in the field and book reviews of important critical studies." http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/contemporary_literature/ This paragraph is basically talking about the originating of contemporary literature and who the first interviews were with during this time. The paragraph above is stating that the interviews were very in depth than most interviews and were with significant writers.

Photo, caption, and citation #3

http://solittletimeforbooks.blogspot.com/
This picture is a book from the Contemporary time period. This was one of the well known authors from the time period.

Photo, caption, and citation #2

http://drawn.ca/archive/?s=1920s
This image was painted during the Contemporary time period. It was a painting that came from Japan.

Photo, caption, and citation #1

http://www.historycollaborative.com/Departments/Contemporary_Age/index.php

 The european empires reached their zenith and, eventually, collapsed; either through a sudden traumatic force or through slow decline. During this time was when women were getting the right to vote.

Animoto based on search questions

Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.

Preliminary links and desrciptions

http://contemporaryliterature.org/

This web page is a Design and images of Contemporary literartue 2008-9. This web site is basically summarizing. it also provides some of the answers to my research questions.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/contemporary_literature/

This site is hosted by Project MUSE. I like this web site because it has different articles of the overall subject. This web page also answers many of my questions and adds information to some of my not fully answered questions.

http://contemporarylit.about.com/

This web page is published by about.com. I chose this web page because it is giving reviews of authors during this time period.

http://www.illiterarty.com/genre-contemporary-literature

This web page is published by illiterarty.com. This web page is more detailed about what contemporary literature really is.

What I want to know?

I want to know many thing about contemporary literature. One thing is I want to know the beliefs that were written about during this period of time. I also want to know who some of the authors were. I want to know what the history behind contemporary literature. What Tyler of literature was written during this time period? I also wonder how did WWII affect the writing of the contemporary literature.

What I already know?

I already known so,e about Contemporary literature. I learned about some of it last year in English but we didn't specifically learn about just that type of literature. I know that Contemporary literature is the most modern and it deals with mostly the past century. A sub genre to Contemporary literature is Contemporary romance. I also have noticed through my life time how it has changed the past 16 years. The change over the past 16 years makes me wonder how much it has changed in the past century.

The story behind my topic

I often wonder how literature has changed in the past century. I chose Contemporary literature because it was the one that deals the most with the past century. Last year when I was in English my teacher got me more interested. We went over the past of literature but we didn't go into detail and I wanted to look deeper into it. I began researching and overtime I have gained more knowledge on this subject.