Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cease of the Second World War the society commenced to deem that the world’s ground values are plain and coherent . Both global politics and social relations were relying on the concepts of advancement , good change , trust in the logical , enlightenment , technical advancement , and the ability to substantiate any activity from a rational viewpoint . However , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to change and now , 40 years later , we dwell in a different type of reality .
We effortlessly notice those advancements which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently are aware of the fact that there are some thoughts standing behind those inventions . The core of the future change was first found by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the many authors whose works have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new vision . They have better than others other authors created and worded new suggestions and have in the end created formed a fresh intelligent and emotional analysis of the future. They have noticed problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were dragging on without being noticed . They have aided us to realize the new problems , and gave us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have formed the mindset of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of dramatic change; change, which was viewed as chaos at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most problematic dilemmas of the past epoch ; those issues , which the people , having lived through the global wars and wild number of deaths, was afraid to face . Lastly they were raising the most critical issue “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will name some of the most prominent writers of the last century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their time, have depicted trends and difficulties which were classic to their nations and the period of time they existed in, and have motivated the readers analyze the actual philosophy of moral, having them realize that it is far away from being genuine. One of the most fascinating feature of their writing is that in most cases they have risen the readers’ attention in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most exciting success writings is that of a well known author John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be named special as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to earn $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is currently spending a great part of her profit on charity, confronting 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 agreed to bring out her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a stable job. He was doubtful of the idea that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This paper is not able to enumerate and more or less exactly list all writers who have made their gift to the world’s literature. They have been writing and presenting ideas directly into the minds of the millions, and therefore were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable part in molding the culture and the views of a civilization of the 20th century.