Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War the public commenced to deem that the world’s essential rules are simple and justifiable . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the thoughts of advancement , good changes , trust in science , awareness , hi-tech advancement , and the knowledge of how to explain any phenomenon from a rational point of view . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and currently , 40 years after , we dwell in a transformed type of actuality .
We without any problems spot all advancements which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently come to realize the fact that there are concrete ideas standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the future adjustment was first found by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived anteceding their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors created and voiced new suggestions and have in the end created formed a brand new intellectual and perceptual grounding of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a number of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have aided us to become aware of the new issues , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have determined the minds of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was perceived as chaos at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most tormenting questions of the previous epoch ; those questions , which the people , having survived through the global wars and unprecedented violence , was afraid to face . Finally they were voicing the the most topical dilemma “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will name some of the most well known authors of the last century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their period, have offered tendencies and difficulties which were essential to their people and the period they lived in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the actual ideology of values, having them understand that it is far from being genuine. One of the most fascinating aspects of their writing is that in mostly they have risen the audience interest in books and written works. from this angle one of the most exciting success writings is that of a well known author Lewis Carroll .
The success of Joan Rowling can be named unique as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is today spending a noticeable part of her profit on charity, confronting 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 bring out her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to find a permanent job. He was hesitant of the fact that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a series of exceptional fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have offered their contribution 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 authors were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant part in shaping the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.