Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the denouement of the Second World War people began to feel that the world’s ground rules are simple and consistent . Both general politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of development, positive changes , trust in science , enlightenment , technological advancement , and the ability to ground any activity from a logical viewpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and now , 40 years thereafter , we dwell in a changed kind of reality .
We easily mark those innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom realize the fact that there are concrete ideas which the author has put behind those inventions . The core of the future change was initially found by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the many authors whose books have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors created and worded authentic ideas and have in the end molded a fresh intelligent and emotional substantiation of the future. They have found issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were dragging on without being spotted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new challenges , and have given us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have determined the mindset of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of dramatic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most burning issues of the past century; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having lived through the global wars and unprecedented sufferings , was reluctant to face . Lastly they were voicing the the most topical dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this work we will specify some of the most popular authors of the last century. They have all significantly influenced literature of their time, have offered trends and difficulties which were relevant to their society and the period they lived in, and have made the audience analyze the existing philosophy of values, having them understand that it is far from being genuine. One of the most interesting feature of their writing is that in most cases they have awake the readers’ interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most interesting success works is that of a brilliant writer John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be called unique as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing 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 decided to publish her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a permanent job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young author would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having published a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less exactly list all authors who have offered their contribution to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and bringing ideas directly into the thoughts of the people, and thus were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant part in molding the culture and the views of a society of the 20th century.