Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the denouement of the Second World War the public commenced to believe that the world’s basic values are plain and coherent . Both politics and social relations were relying on the principles of progress , positive innovations , trust in science , understanding , technological advancement , and the potential to reason any happening from a rational point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and now , 40 years later , we live in a changed kind of reality .
We without any problems mark those changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we infrequently realize the fact that there are concrete concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The essence of the future adjustment was initially spotted by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other people shaped and worded new thoughts and have finally done a new intelligent and emotional analysis of the future. They have spotted problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a array of problems, which were going on without being noted . They have aided us to think of the new problems , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have determined the vision of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most problematic questions of the past epoch ; those questions , which the people , having lived through the global wars and wild sufferings , was unwilling to meet . Lastly they were raising the the most topical dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will mention several of the most well known authors of the 20th century. They have all significantly affected literature of their epoch, have manifested tendencies and difficulties which were typical to their people and the times they existed in, and have made the audience think about the actual system of values, having them understand that it is far from being genuine. One of the most important aspects of their work is that in mostly they have awake the people interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most exciting success stories is that of a famous writer John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be called phenomenal as she has become the first author in the world to make $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is currently spending a significant part of her earnings on charity, fighting 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 piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was unaware of the idea that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having produced a number of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less precisely list all writers who have given their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been writing and bringing ideas exactly into the heads of the millions, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable part in molding the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.