Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the cease of the Second World War people started to deem that the world’s core ethical foundations are understandable and justifiable . Both world politics and social relations were depending on the ideas of gain , good innovations , faith in science , understanding , innovations , and the ability to reason any happening from a rational point of view . However , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and currently , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a new type of actuality .
We effortlessly notice all changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom are aware of the fact that there are concrete thoughts which the author has put behind those inventions . The core of the future adjustment was at first tracked by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people formed and worded authentic suggestions and have ultimately molded a fresh intellectual and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have found issues in the mundane of our lives and have opened a set of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have helped us to become aware of the new issues , and gave us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of dramatic change; change, which was viewed as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most vital problems of the previous era ; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having lived through the world wars and unseen violence , was reluctant to deal with . Finally they were raising the the most topical issue “What will our future be like?”
In this paper we will specify several of the most prominent writers of the 20th century. They have all much affected literature of their period, have showed trends and problems which were normal to their society and the period they existed in, and have made the readers analyze the running system of values, having them understand that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most important angle of their work is that in mostly they have evoked the audience interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most exciting success works is that of a brilliant writer John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be considered phenomenal as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is today spending a great part of her money on charity, battling poverty and diseases. The plot of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to print her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to look for a permanent job. He was unaware of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has showed the opposite - having created a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This article cannot name and more or less accurately list all authors who have made their gift to the today’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the minds of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.