Contemporary American Literature

What is the term used to describe a written and spoken material that creatively expresses the feeling, emotion, and imagination of a person?

This period presented new trends in writing using modern technology.

• Spanish Colonization

• American Colonial Period

• Japanese Occupation

• Contemporary/Modern Period

This period had authors like Junot Diaz, Laura Esquivel, and Julia Alvarez.

• Modernismo period

• Boom period

• Contemporary period

• Resistance period

This is a body of written works.

• Literature

• Culture

• Custom

• Tradition

Which author is known for the novel 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'?

• Junot Diaz

• Laura Esquivel

• Julia Alvarez

• Sandra Cisneros

What is a common theme in contemporary American literature?

• Colonialism

• The American Dream

• Industrial Revolution

• Medieval Chivalry

Which novel by Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988?

• Beloved

• Song of Solomon

• The Bluest Eye

• Sula

What genre is most associated with contemporary American literature?

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Postmodernism

• Naturalism

Who wrote the novel 'The House on Mango Street'?

• Sandra Cisneros

• Junot Diaz

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker

Which of the following is a characteristic of contemporary American literature?

• Focus on historical events

• Exploration of identity and culture

• Emphasis on nature

• Use of archaic language