Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the denouement of the Second World War people began to think that the world’s basic principles are plain and consistent . Both politics and social relations were relying on the principles of development, positive changes , confidence in the rational , understanding , hi-tech progress , and the potential to reason any happening from a rational point of view . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and currently , 40 years after , we dwell in a changed type of existence .
We effortlessly spot all innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we infrequently are aware of the fact that there are some concepts which the author has put behind those inventions . The nature of the expected adjustment was first spotted by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new vision . They have better than others other people formed and voiced fresh suggestions and have in the end created formed a new intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have noticed problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were dragging on without being spotted . They have aided us to become aware of the new challenges , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have determined the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most burning issues of the previous century; those questions , which the humankind , having gone through the world wars and unprecedented sufferings , was reluctant to face . In the end they were voicing the the most topical issue “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will name some of the most well known writers of the last century. They have all significantly influenced literature of their epoch, have depicted looks and problems which were normal to their people and the period they were living in, and have made the audience meditate on the actual ideology of moral, having them realize that it is far from being genuine. One of the most fascinating aspects of their work is that in often they have evoked the readers’ attention in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most exciting success works is that of a famous 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 earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a considerable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The plot 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 advice — to find a stable job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has proved the opposite - having published a number of unparalleled fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This paper is not able to name and more or less accurately list all authors who have made their gift to the world’s literature. They have been working and bringing ideas directly into the thoughts of the people, and thus were influencing the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in creating the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.
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