Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the cease of the Second World War the society started to believe that the world’s ground principles are clear and logical . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the concepts of gain , beneficial innovations , confidence in science , enlightenment , hi-tech innovations , and the potential to reason any phenomenon from a analytical standpoint . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and currently , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a changed kind of actuality .
We without any problems notice all changes which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently come to realize the fact that there are concrete thoughts which the author has put behind those technological solutions. The essence of the expected change was initially found by those people, who more often than not lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new vision . They have better than others other people molded and voiced new ideas and have ultimately done a brand new intelligent and emotional substantiation of the future. They have spotted issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a number of problems, which were existing without being spotted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new problems , and gave 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 anarchy at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most tormenting issues of the previous epoch ; those questions , which the people , having gone through the global wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was unwilling to face . Lastly they were voicing the main question “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will mention some of the most popular authors of the last century. They have all significantly affected literature of their period, have depicted looks and problems which were essential to their countries and the period they lived in, and have motivated the readers analyze the existing philosophy of moral, having them understand that it is far from being perfect. One of the most fascinating angle of their writing is that in most cases they have evoked the person’s interest in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most interesting success writings is that of a well known author Lewis Carroll .
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 currently spending a extensive part of her profit on charity, battling poverty and diseases. The idea of the book was created while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to print her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having created a number of exceptional fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This paper is not able to name and more or less exactly list all writers who have offered their contribution to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and bringing ideas exactly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in creating the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.