We all know about "Women's Literature and Minority Literature" that is the literature written by marginalized groups including women,gays, or ethnic minorities, the latter mostly represented by African Americans, Chicanos and Chicanas. "The Women Warrior " written by Maxine Hong Kingston ensure the influential status of texts by women and minorities in contemporary literary criticism.

Postcolonial Literature:

Now in addition to women's literature, Postcolonial Literature has recently become another center of attention. This vast body of texts( Postcolonial literature) is also catagorizaed as

1) Commonwealth Literature,

2)Anglophone Literature or Literature in English.

Literature from British colonies of Africa, India and Australia contributed more to the change in contemporary literature.

In many cases, but not in all cases dimensions of content have regained dominance and act to counterbalance the academic playfulness of Modernism and Postmodernism.

We all know about Modernism and Postmodernism. Modernism can be seen as reaction to the Realist movements of late 19th century. Realism and Naturalism focused on truthful portrayal of reality while Modernism descovered innovative narrative techniques. In postmodernism, modernist issues regarding innovative narrative techniques are taken up again and adapted in academic, foramlistic way.

Examples of Anglophone Literature:

Following are few examples of Anglophone Literature from Asia, Africa, Newzeland and Caribbean:

"Satanic Verses" written by Salman Rushdie.

"Omeros " written by Derek Walcott.

"An Angel At My Table" written by Jenet Frame.

Now what are the influences of this Postcolonial Literature?

Under these influences the general trend seems to privilege less complicated and apparently more traditional narrative techniques, while at the same time focusing attention on content more than in earlier, exaggerated narrative forms.