Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the end of the Second World War people started to deem that the world’s ground ethical foundations are clear and consistent . Both world politics and social relations were depending on the thoughts of advancement , beneficial change , faith in science , awareness , technical innovations , and the knowledge of how to reason any happening from a analytical point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to deteriorate and currently , 40 years thereafter , we dwell in a changed type of existence .
We without any problems note those changes which are given us by new technology, but we barely comprehend the fact that there are concrete thoughts which the author has put behind those technological solutions. The core of the upcoming change was first noticed by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived anteceding their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for entertainment , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new vision . They have better than others other people shaped and worded fresh ideas and have in the end created formed a fresh intelligent and perceptual grounding of the future. They have noted challenges in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were going on without being noticed . They have aided us to think of the new problems , and have given us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most tormenting questions of the previous century; those dilemmas , which the people , having survived through the world wars and wild violence , was reluctant to face . Finally they were formulating the most critical question “What will our future look like?”
In this paper we will specify several of the most well known authors of the last century. They have all much influenced literature of their period, have reflected tendencies and dilemmas which were typical to their people and the period they were living in, and have motivated the audience analyze the running ideology of moral, having them understand that it is far from being ideal. One of the most interesting feature of their writing is that in mostly they have evoked the audience interest in books and written works. in this case one of the most exciting success writings is that of a famous author John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called unique as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is today spending a noticeable part of her earnings on charity, battling 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 friendly piece of 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 published a number of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This article cannot name and more or less exactly list all writers who have provided their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in molding the culture and the views of a civilization of the 20th century.