Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cease of the Second World War people commenced to believe that the world’s core values are understandable and coherent . Both politics and social relations were counting on the principles of advancement , beneficial changes , belief in the rational , enlightenment , technological innovations , and the knowledge of how to reason any phenomenon from a analytical point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to degrade and now , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a transformed type of existence .
We easily notice those changes which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently realize the fact that there are specific thoughts which the author has put behind those solutions . The core of the future change was first noticed by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books 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 molded and voiced fresh suggestions and have finally done a brand new intelligent and perceptual grounding of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a set of problems, which were going on without being noted . They have assisted us to think of the new challenges , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was seen as chaos at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most burning dilemmas of the previous epoch ; those issues , which the people , having gone through the world wars and unseen sufferings , was afraid to face . Lastly they were formulating the main question “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will name several of the most prominent authors of the last century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their time, have depicted looks and dilemmas which were essential to their people and the times they existed in, and have made the audience analyze the existing philosophy of moral, having them realize that it is far away from being genuine. One of the most interesting feature of their writing is that in often they have evoked the audience interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most interesting success writings is that of a famous author Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called phenomenal as she has become the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is now spending a noticeable part of her money on charity, fighting poverty and diseases. The idea of the book was found 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 permanent job. He was doubtful of the fact that the young writer would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This article cannot name and more or less precisely list all authors who have provided their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the minds of the people, and in this way were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable part in creating the culture and the perception of a society of the 20th century.