Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cease of the Second World War people began to feel that the world’s essential rules are plain and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the principles of advancement , beneficial change , belief in the rational , awareness , hi-tech advancement , and the potential to ground any happening from a logical viewpoint . Nevertheless , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and currently , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a transformed type of reality .
We effortlessly notice all innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never comprehend the fact that there are some concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The nature of the upcoming adjustment was initially found by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people created and voiced new suggestions and have finally created formed a fresh intelligent and emotional substantiation of the future. They have seen problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a set of problems, which were dragging on without being noticed . They have assisted us to realize the new problems , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have determined the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most tormenting problems of the past era ; those problems , which the people , having gone through the global wars and unseen number of deaths, was reluctant to deal with . In the end they were raising the the most topical question “What will our future be like?”
In this work we will specify some of the most prominent authors of the last century. They have all much impacted literature of their time, have depicted trends and dilemmas which were essential to their countries and the period of time they existed in, and have motivated the audience think about the existing philosophy of moral, having them realize that it is far from being genuine. One of the most interesting feature of their work is that in most cases they have awake the readers’ interest in books and written works. from this angle one of the most exciting success writings is that of a famous writer John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered phenomenal as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is today spending a noticeable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The plot of the book was created while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to bring out her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a loving piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was hesitant of the fact that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having produced a number of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have given their gift to the world’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and thus were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant role in shaping the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.