Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the denouement of the Second World War people commenced to consider that the world’s essential rules are understandable and logical . Both world politics and social relations were relying on the ideas of progress , positive changes , belief in science , awareness , progress , and the knowledge of how to ground any activity from a rational standpoint . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and currently , 40 years later , we dwell in a transformed type of reality .
We easily mark those advancements which are given us by new technology, but we almost never realize the fact that there are some concepts standing behind those inventions . The essence of the expected change was first found by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – philosophers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the planet a new vision . They have better than others other people created and formulated authentic ideas and have finally done a new intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have spotted problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a set of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have assisted us to become aware of 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 drastic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most vital problems of the past era ; those problems , which the humankind , having lived through the world wars and unprecedented violence , was afraid to meet . Lastly they were formulating the most critical question “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will specify some of the most popular writers of the last century. They have all significantly impacted literature of their epoch, have showed tendencies and difficulties which were relevant to their countries and the period they lived in, and have motivated the audience analyze the running system of moral, having them understand that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most fascinating feature of their writing is that in mostly they have risen the person’s interest in books and written works. In this aspect one of the most interesting success stories is that of a well known author John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be considered unique as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is currently spending a extensive part of her earnings on charity, battling poverty and diseases. The idea of the book was found while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to publish her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a stable job. He was unaware of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having produced a number 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 provided their gift to the world’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.