Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the end of the Second World War the society started to think that the world’s core values are simple and coherent . Both global politics and social relations were counting on the principles of progress , good change , confidence in the logical , enlightenment , technical innovations , and the knowledge of how to reason any happening from a logical viewpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and currently , 40 years after , we dwell in a new kind of actuality .
We effortlessly notice those changes which are given us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are certain ideas which the author has put behind those inventions . The essence of the future adjustment was first tracked by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the many authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors created and formulated authentic suggestions and have finally molded a new intelligent and perceptual analysis of the future. They have seen challenges in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a set of problems, which were going on without being noticed . They have aided us to realize the new challenges , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have formed the vision of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was viewed as anarchy at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most vital dilemmas of the last epoch ; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having gone through the global wars and unprecedented violence , was afraid to deal with . In the end they were voicing the most critical dilemma “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will specify several of the most well known authors of the last century. They have all quite impacted literature of their epoch, have manifested tendencies and dilemmas which were relevant to their society and the period they were living in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the running system of moral, having them understand that it is far from being ideal. One of the most interesting aspects of their writing is that in often they have evoked the audience interest in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most exciting success works is that of a brilliant writer John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be considered unique as she has become the first author in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is today spending a significant part of her earnings on charity, battling poverty and diseases. 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 find a permanent job. He was unaware of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having created a series of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This work cannot enumerate and more or less exactly list all authors who have provided their contribution to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and in this way were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not creating for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable part in shaping the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.