Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the denouement of the Second World War the society started to believe that the world’s essential principles are understandable and logical . Both politics and social relations were counting on the ideas of advancement , positive innovations , confidence in the logical , awareness , technological innovations , and the potential to substantiate any phenomenon from a logical standpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to change and now , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a different type of actuality .
We without any problems notice those innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are certain ideas which the author has put behind those solutions . The nature of the expected change was initially tracked by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given people a new vision . They have more effectively than others other authors formed and worded authentic ideas and have ultimately created formed a brand new intellectual and perceptual analysis of the future. They have noted challenges in the mundane of our lives and have opened a set of problems, which were existing without being noted . They have assisted us to realize the new issues , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was seen as chaos at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most tormenting problems of the last era ; those questions , which the people , having gone through the global wars and unprecedented violence , was unwilling to meet . In the end they were raising the the most topical question “What will our future be like?”
In this paper we will specify several of the most popular writers of the last century. They have all significantly affected literature of their period, have revealed looks and problems which were essential to their nations and the period of time they were living in, and have made the audience meditate on the running ideology of values, having them understand that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most important feature of their writing is that in often they have awake the person’s interest in books and written works. in this case one of the most exciting success writings is that of a well known writer Lewis Carroll .
The success of Joan Rowling can be called 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 significant part of her profit on charity, confronting poverty and diseases. The idea 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 given her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a stable job. He was incredulous of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having created a number of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This article is not able to name and more or less precisely list all authors who have provided their contribution to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the minds of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the vision of a society of the 20th century.