Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cease of the Second World War people commenced to believe that the world’s ground rules are plain and consistent . Both general politics and social relations were depending on the ideas of progress , beneficial changes , trust in science , awareness , progress , and the ability to substantiate any phenomenon from a rational point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to degrade and now , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a new type of actuality .
We effortlessly mark all advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom are aware of the fact that there are concrete ideas which the author has put behind those inventions . The nature of the expected adjustment was first spotted by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived anteceding their time – philosophers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors created and worded fresh suggestions and have finally done a fresh intelligent and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have spotted issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a set of problems, which were dragging on without being spotted . They have assisted us to realize the new problems , and gave us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was viewed as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most burning problems of the past century; those problems , which the humankind , having survived through the global wars and wild sufferings , was afraid to face . In the end they were voicing the main dilemma “What will our future look like?”
In this work we will name several of the most famous authors of the 20th century. They have all quite influenced literature of their period, have depicted tendencies and difficulties which were relevant to their countries and the period of time they existed in, and have made the readers think about the existing philosophy of values, having them realize that it is far away from being genuine. One of the most exciting aspects of their writing is that in often they have awake the person’s attention in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most exciting success stories is that of a well known writer Lewis Carroll .
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered phenomenal as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is currently spending a extensive part of her earnings on charity, battling 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 publish her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was incredulous of the fact that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having produced a number of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all writers who have provided their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant role in molding the culture and the sights of a society of the 20th century.