Talk:21st century in literature
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[edit]The first sententce of the main of this article is utter gibberish. "The 2000s (decade) saw a steep increase in the acceptability of literature of all types, inspired by the coming-of-age of millions of people who enjoyed the works of writers such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien in their youths." The acceptability of literature of all types? What does that mean? And how is it definitely connected to Tolkein and Lewis, who were both writing decades and decades earlier? This seems primarily a way to shoehorn Neil Gaiman into the doubtful role of Most Important Writer of the 21st Century. 2.25.141.243 (talk) 12:31, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
2010s Literature
[edit](I'm very very new and really experimenting with how I can contribute) I would like to work on a section describing works of literature in the 2010s that are indicative of the decade in literature (I consider literature to be artistic and experimental works of creative writing). This would be incredibly subjective to my own opinion, but it would be a starting place. If anyone has any comments on this please let me know! Also, please let me know if I should be engaging in a different way or starting out as an editor in a different way, I'm new!!! ARichardMalcolm (talk) 20:22, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Actually our definition of literature seems to be wider, but you can check the articles 2010 in literature, 2011 in literature, 2012 in literature, 2013 in literature, 2014 in literature, 2015 in literature, 2016 in literature to see if there are notable events and publications that should be mentioned in the decade article. For example the decade experienced the publication of previously unknown works by famous writers, such as the novel Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee.
As for just joining Wikipedia, I can offer at least some directions.
Most editors work in whichever article or topic attracts their interest in any given day, but you can always join one of the various WikiProjects if you would like to work with editors with similar interests. Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature currently lists 135 editors as members, though I am not certain how many of them are active. There are also Projects about specific genres or areas. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women writers tries to cover women writers and their works from antiquity to the modern era. Wikipedia:WikiProject Books works with books and excludes biographical articles, and in practice mostly covers non-fiction books. Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature, despite the name, covers both children's literature and young adult fiction. Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels tries to cover all articles on novels, regardless of their specific genre. It has a task force which also covers short stories. Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry covers works and authors of poetry, along with literary subjects which are specifically related to poetry. Wikipedia:WikiProject Romance covers romance novels and related topics, but not the romance genre in other media. Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction started as an effort to cover science fiction literature, but currently covers any science fiction-related media and topic. Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare covers articles relating to William Shakespeare, his works, and related topics. Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre is a broad project about theatrical works, theatrical writers, and theatrical topics, but does not always cover biographies. Wikipedia:WikiProject Translation studies covers topics related to translations.
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