Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War people began to think that the world’s basic values are understandable and logical . Both global politics and social relations were depending on the thoughts of progress , positive changes , belief in the rational , understanding , hi-tech progress , and the ability to ground any activity from a analytical point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to degrade and currently , 40 years later , we dwell in a changed type of actuality .
We without any problems spot all innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are specific concepts standing behind those solutions . The nature of the upcoming adjustment was initially tracked by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for entertainment , there have been a few who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people shaped and formulated authentic ideas and have finally molded a brand new intellectual and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a array of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new problems , and sent us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have formed the minds of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was viewed as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most problematic problems of the past era ; those problems , which the humankind , having gone through the world wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was reluctant to face . In the end they were voicing the most critical question “What will our future look like?”
In this work we will specify several of the most popular authors of the 20th century. They have all much influenced literature of their epoch, have revealed trends and problems which were essential to their countries and the period they lived in, and have made the audience meditate on the running philosophy of moral, having them realize that it is far from being perfect. One of the most important feature of their work is that in mostly they have risen the audience interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most interesting success stories is that of a famous writer Lewis Carroll .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called special as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a noticeable part of her money 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 agreed to publish her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was incredulous of the fact that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having created a number of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less precisely list all authors who have given their gift to the world’s literature. They have been writing and bringing ideas directly into the minds of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable part in molding the culture and the sights of a society of the 20th century.