Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War the society commenced to consider that the world’s core rules are plain and justifiable . Both global politics and social relations were relying on the concepts of advancement , positive changes , confidence in the logical , enlightenment , technical innovations , and the potential to reason any activity from a analytical viewpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to deteriorate and currently , 40 years after , we dwell in a different kind of actuality .
We without any problems note those advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are concrete ideas which the author has put behind those solutions . The nature of the future change was first found by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given the planet a new vision . They have better than others other people formed and worded new thoughts and have in the end molded a new intellectual and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have spotted challenges in the mundane of our lives and have opened a number of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have helped us to become aware of the new challenges , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have shaped the vision of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of drastic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most tormenting problems of the past epoch ; those issues , which the people , having lived through the world wars and wild sufferings , was reluctant to meet . Lastly they were raising the most critical question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will mention some of the most well known writers of the last century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their epoch, have manifested looks and problems which were classic to their society and the period they were living in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the actual system of moral, having them understand that it is far from being flawless. One of the most interesting angle of their writing is that in often they have awake the people interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most exciting success works is that of a famous author Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named phenomenal as she has become the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is currently spending a considerable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to bring out her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to look for a permanent job. He was incredulous of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having written a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This work is not able to name and more or less accurately list all writers who have offered their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas exactly into the minds of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant role in shaping the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.