1. Time range: Modern writers refer to writers who created from 19 17 to 1949, and contemporary writers refer to writers who created after 1949.
2. Literary forms and styles: Modern writers are mainly active in literary forms such as novels, essays and poems. At the same time, influenced by the May 4th Movement and the New Culture Movement, their works are more free and personalized. Contemporary writers' works cover novels, essays, poems, plays, movies and other fields, as well as sci-fi, fantasy, history and reality.
3. Social theme: Modern writers pay more attention to personal experience and the expression of inner world, and pay less attention to society. Contemporary writers pay attention to social reality and people's sufferings in their creation, which reflects the changes of the times and people's lives.