Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cessation of the Second World War the society began to feel that the world’s ground ethical foundations are plain and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of gain , beneficial change , belief in the logical , enlightenment , technological innovations , and the potential to ground any phenomenon from a analytical standpoint . Nevertheless , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and currently , 40 years thereafter , we live in a changed kind of existence .
We effortlessly spot those changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we rarely come to realize the fact that there are concrete concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The essence of the future adjustment was initially spotted by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived anteceding their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors formed and voiced new ideas and have finally created formed a fresh intelligent and emotional analysis of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have opened a array of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have aided us to become aware of the new problems , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have determined the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was seen as anarchy at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most vital issues of the previous century; those issues , which the people , having gone through the world wars and unseen sufferings , was afraid to deal with . Lastly they were voicing the main issue “What will our future look like?”
In this paper we will name several of the most popular authors of the last century. They have all significantly affected literature of their epoch, have depicted tendencies and problems which were classic to their people and the period they were living in, and have made the readers analyze the real set of moral, having them realize that it is far from being genuine. One of the most fascinating aspects of their writing is that in often they have awake the person’s interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most exciting success writings is that of a famous author John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named unique as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a great part of her money on charity, fighting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to print her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to find a stable job. He was doubtful of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having published a number of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less precisely list all authors who have made their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the heads of the millions, and therefore were influencing the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant part in creating the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.