Contemporary writings are better than the classical writings.

Contemporary writing helps to discover the writer in each one of us. It provides a broader forum for both the readers and the writers to think creatively and in easy language. Fitzgerald (n.d) said, “The reason one writes isn’t the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.” The competitive writers of this present world who have the urge to write are being recognized in their contemporary writings. Though the old classic writings form a foundation to the English literature, the ideas of appreciating only these writings create a limitation to exploring new ideas laid by the writers of the present world.

Many of the writers and their writings of this present world are not being recognized. The strong urge to show their talents is hidden in all the writers presently. The contemporary writing has a large platform to recognize our present writers and those unrecognized writings. For example even in schools, when the curriculum shifted towards contemporary writings, the students are exposed to many of the writers and their various writings. On the other hand many of the writers and the readers still prefer the classical writings to be acknowledged of. It is said that the old writers such as Shakespeare, Mark Twain, John Keats and Martin Luther King are the main founder of the literature who all laid a basic urge to inspire others to write. So they say that those writers and their writings are to be recognized. However, it is being unfair to the talented writers if we suppress their writings and only acknowledge the old writings. In addition to it the present writings might be more effective than the old writings and if those writings are not being recognized, then how can we expect the minds of the people are upgrading?

The creative and new contemporary writings give a simple thoughts and ideas in very simple, easy and understandable language. The words are arranged in beautiful manners that can be understood by everyone. For example in the novel ‘Can love happen twice´ Singh 2011 describes, ´´A cool breeze blows and everything around me glitters. I see her and she looks at me…´´. The line uses very simple and clear words that can be understood by all the readers. In contrast to this some people says though the classical writings use complicated language, the meaning stated in it is very rich. Even the single line gives more than one meaning, such as in Shakespearean sonnet, ‘But thy eternal summer shall not fade.’ However those archaic form of words such as ‘thy’, ‘thou’ and ‘thee’ in classical writings are more complicated to understand compared to the replaceable modern English ‘you’ thus making the whole writing complicated to understand.

The writings and the meaning attached to those modern writings are very realistic and related to the actual world around. The writings mainly consist of the themes such as love, hatred, friendship, betrayal, technologies, wealth, health and media that are actually applicable in the real world. The writings does not bring out the scenes of other unknown and strange situations that are absent in the reality. On the other hand few readers feel that the classical writings give more and broader concept of the past histories in dramas, epics and ballads. However classical writings are more like fantasy world which does not exist in the present days. The characters used, their descriptions and their dress codes described are ancient type which are not used in the present world. Unlike classical writings, the contemporary writings are based on reality.

The contemporary writings in the new curriculum in the schools’ text books enable many students to think creatively. The writings provide more of the open- ended opinions about the particular topic. The learners are made to think creatively and on their own. They do not need any guide for reference to understand the content as the language would be simple and effective. On the other hand some of the students argue that abolishing classical writings and introducing contemporary writings in school curriculum is creating a lethargic learning. They say that the old type of writings are complicated thus these makes the students to learn more and in broader way. However the classical writings need a guide to learn and understand. It is purely dependable upon the teachers or the tutors. The learners can´t understand the content by themselves due to the complicate structured language. But in contemporary writings, the learners can learn by themselves, analyze and give their opinion in creative way.   

Therefore, the contemporary writing digs out the hidden and undiscovered creativeness and the active writer in each individual. The charm in writing and the juice of reading can only be laid by the modern way of writing which is realistic in the contemporary world.