Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the end of the Second World War the society started to believe that the world’s basic principles are understandable and justifiable . Both world politics and social relations were relying on the ideas of gain , good change , belief in the rational , enlightenment , technological progress , and the potential to ground any phenomenon from a analytical standpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and now , 40 years later , we live in a transformed kind of actuality .
We easily spot those changes which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently comprehend the fact that there are concrete concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the expected adjustment was at first noticed by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people molded and worded new suggestions and have in the end done a new intellectual and emotional substantiation of the future. They have noticed problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were going on without being noted . They have helped us to think of the new problems , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was seen as chaos at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most vital dilemmas of the last epoch ; those problems , which the humankind , having lived through the world wars and wild sufferings , was reluctant to face . In the end they were raising the most critical dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will mention several of the most popular writers of the last century. They have all greatly impacted literature of their period, have reflected looks and difficulties which were normal to their people and the times they were living in, and have motivated the readers analyze the real philosophy of moral, having them realize that it is far from being ideal. One of the most fascinating feature of their work is that in most cases they have evoked the people attention in books and written works. in this case one of the most exciting success writings is that of a well known writer Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called phenomenal as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is now spending a great part of her profit on charity, fighting poverty and illness. The idea 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 given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having published a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have made their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and presenting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the millions, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant part in shaping the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.