Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the end of the Second World War people began to think that the world’s essential principles are simple and logical . Both world politics and social relations were relying on the concepts of progress , good changes , trust in the logical , enlightenment , hi-tech advancement , and the ability to ground any activity from a rational standpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and currently , 40 years thereafter , we dwell in a transformed type of existence .
We without any problems notice all advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never come to realize the fact that there are certain thoughts standing behind those inventions . The core of the expected change was first spotted by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors molded and worded authentic suggestions and have ultimately done a new intellectual and emotional substantiation of the future. They have noted issues in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a set of problems, which were dragging on without being spotted . They have aided us to realize the new problems , and have given us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have formed the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of cardial change; change, which was perceived as mayhem at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most problematic questions of the previous era ; those problems , which the humankind , having lived through the world wars and wild number of deaths, was reluctant to face . Lastly they were formulating the most critical dilemma “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will specify several of the most well known authors of the last century. They have all greatly impacted literature of their epoch, have showed trends and problems which were normal to their nations and the period of time they lived in, and have motivated the audience think about the running system of moral, having them understand that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most exciting feature of their writing is that in mostly they have evoked the people interest in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most interesting success works is that of a brilliant author John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be called special as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a noticeable part of her profit on charity, battling poverty and illness. The plot of the book was invented 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 kind piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was unaware of the idea that the young author would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having published a number of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less precisely list all authors who have given their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and putting ideas exactly into the heads of the people, and in this way were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the looks of a society of the 20th century.