現げん代だい文ぶん学がく

noun

contemporary literature; modern literature

Refers to literature from the modern period onward, roughly from the Meiji era to the present. In academic contexts, it often contrasts with 古典文学 (classical literature).

• 大だい学がくで現げん代だい文ぶん学がくを専せん攻こうしています。

  I'm majoring in modern literature at university.

• この作さっ家かは現げん代だい文ぶん学がくの代だい表ひょう的てきな存そん在ざいだ。

  This author is a representative figure in contemporary literature.