Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cease of the Second World War people began to consider that the world’s main ethical foundations are simple and consistent . Both world politics and social relations were counting on the thoughts of development, beneficial change , faith in science , awareness , technological advancement , and the potential to reason any phenomenon from a logical point of view . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to degrade and now , 40 years after , we dwell in a different kind of actuality .
We easily note those advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom are aware of the fact that there are concrete concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the future change was at first found by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new vision . They have better than others other people shaped and voiced fresh ideas and have in the end molded a brand new intelligent and perceptual analysis of the future. They have noted issues in the mundane of our lives and have opened a set of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have aided us to realize the new issues , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have determined the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was perceived as anarchy at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most tormenting dilemmas of the previous epoch ; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having gone through the global wars and wild sufferings , was unwilling to face . Lastly they were formulating the main question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will specify several of the most famous authors of the last century. They have all quite impacted literature of their time, have offered looks and problems which were relevant to their nations and the period they existed in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the actual system of values, having them understand that it is far away from being perfect. One of the most interesting aspects of their writing is that in often they have risen the people attention in books and written works. In this aspect one of the most interesting success stories is that of a well known writer Anne Bronte .
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered unique as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is now spending a significant part of her earnings on charity, battling poverty and diseases. The plot of the book was created 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 kind advice — to look for a permanent job. He was incredulous of the fact that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a series of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This paper is not able to enumerate and more or less precisely list all authors who have made their gift to the world’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and therefore were influencing the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant role in shaping the culture and the views of a civilization of the 20th century.