I think it's appropriate to say that contemporary writers have become daring and experimental - on the type of characters they write. The tried to break what used to be standard and plain and succeeded. On the other hand, the canon writers were (in my opinion) afraid to write about what's unusual because they grew up during those times when women were supposed to live in the shadow of men. They were to take care of their children and stay at home doing chores and all those "motherly" stuff. Women today (as portrayed by the writers) can stand on their own feet and can bravely defend themselves whenever they need to.
Moreover, canon writers described and used obvious settings for their stories...like in the province or a mansion with helpers, or near the shore...maybe because that was what the people have gotten used to...the story would usually have concepts about the rich and the poor and how the poor seem to be happier...."Games" does not even have an exact location..it was more of a situation..the guy and the woman conversing...contemporary writers put twists on their writing...they will keep you thinking and guessing till the end...unlike the canon texts where you know exactly how the ending would be...and canon writers (for some reason) like describing their characters in details...these are the the biggest differences i've noticed so far and i guess as we go on with the other contemporary texts, i can prove that some of the things i've written may probably be right..or not...anyway, i'm so sleepy....
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I don't think they were afraid of anything. In fact, I believe it takes a lot of courage to write such life-paralleled stories in a repressed period such as theirs.
The "obvious settings" as well only serve to reveal the immense conflict experienced in those times, and they are not so obvious really that the stories are prevented from being quite universal. Contemporary stories are the same, only in a different manner.
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