Kursus ini membincangkan pembentukan dan pertumbuhan budaya kontemporari Melayu yang semakin menonjol dalam kehidupan moden dan bandaran. Perbincangan meliputi konsep, ciri, jenis, sejarah perkembangan dan tahap penerimaan budaya dalam kalangan Melayu bandar. Beberapa dimensi sastera kontemporari juga akan dibincangkan. Sub genre sastera kontemporari yang dibincangkan seperti sastera kanak-kanak, sastera remaja, cereka pengintipan-seram (thriller), cereka sains dan fantasi. Pelajar perlu menghasilkan satu kerja kritikan bagi penilaian kursus.

The course will discuss the emergence and the development of contemporary culture that is becoming fascinatingly popular in current Malay lifestyles. The discussion will include concepts, varieties of approaches which stemmed from different historical backgrounds and developments; that would include the acculturations and contestations of modern cultures in the Malay urban areas. Sub genres in contemporary literature such as children literature, adolescence literature, thrillers, science fictions and fantasy literature will also become the focal point of discussions in this course. Students are required to write detail literary criticisms as part of their course evaluation.