Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cessation of the Second World War people commenced to deem that the world’s core values are simple and logical . Both world politics and social relations were relying on the principles of advancement , good change , belief in science , enlightenment , technical progress , and the ability to ground any activity from a rational standpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and now , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a new kind of existence .
We effortlessly spot all changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom are aware of the fact that there are specific ideas standing behind those inventions . The core 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 masterpieces have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new vision . They have more effectively than others other authors shaped and voiced new ideas and have ultimately created formed a fresh intelligent and emotional grounding of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a array of problems, which were going on without being noted . They have assisted us to realize the new issues , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have determined the mindset of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was seen as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most burning issues of the last epoch ; those problems , which the people , having lived through the global wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was unwilling to meet . Finally they were formulating the most critical question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will name some of the most prominent authors of the 20th century. They have all much influenced literature of their epoch, have revealed trends and dilemmas which were relevant to their countries and the times they lived in, and have made the audience meditate on the real system of values, having them understand that it is far from being perfect. One of the most important aspects of their writing is that in mostly they have awake the readers’ attention in books and written matter. in this case one of the most interesting success writings is that of a brilliant 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 writing fairytales. She is now spending a great part of her earnings on charity, battling poverty and illness. The idea of the book was created 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 piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was doubtful of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having produced a number of unparalleled fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This work is not able to name and more or less accurately list all writers who have given their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been working and bringing ideas directly into the minds of the millions, and therefore were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the perception of a society of the 20th century.