Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cease of the Second World War the society started to believe that the world’s basic ethical foundations are understandable and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were relying on the principles of progress , beneficial changes , belief in the rational , understanding , technological innovations , and the ability to explain any phenomenon from a analytical point of view . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and now , 40 years thereafter , we find ourselves in a changed type of reality .
We easily mark those changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we rarely are aware of the fact that there are specific ideas standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the upcoming change was initially tracked by those people, who more often than not lived anteceding their time – philosophers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose poems have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new vision . They have more effectively than others other authors molded and worded new suggestions and have ultimately done a brand new intelligent and emotional analysis of the future. They have spotted problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have aided us to think of the new challenges , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was seen as disarray at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most burning issues of the previous century; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having lived through the global wars and wild sufferings , was afraid to deal with . Finally they were raising the main issue “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will mention several of the most popular authors of the last century. They have all significantly influenced literature of their epoch, have offered tendencies and problems which were typical to their nations and the period of time they existed in, and have made the audience analyze the real ideology of moral, having them understand that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most important aspects of their writing is that in often they have risen the audience interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most interesting success works is that of a famous writer John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named special as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a huge part of her money 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 print her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to look for a stable job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young author would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a number of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This article cannot name and more or less accurately list all writers who have offered their contribution to the nowadays literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the looks of a civilization of the 20th century.