Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the cease of the Second World War the society began to believe that the world’s basic values are understandable and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the principles of development, good innovations , belief in the rational , awareness , technical progress , and the ability to ground any happening from a rational standpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and now , 40 years after , we live in a different type of existence .
We effortlessly spot all advancements which are given us by new technology, but we seldom come to realize the fact that there are specific thoughts which the author has put behind those technological solutions. The nature of the future change was first tracked by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived anteceding their time – philosophers and authors. Among the many authors whose poems have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given the planet a new vision . They have better than others other people shaped and voiced authentic ideas and have finally done a brand new intelligent and perceptual analysis of the future. They have noted problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were existing without being spotted . They have assisted us to realize the new challenges , and have given us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the vision of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most burning issues of the last epoch ; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having gone through the global wars and wild sufferings , was unwilling to deal with . In the end they were raising the most important question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will mention several of the most prominent writers of the 20th century. They have all quite affected literature of their time, have manifested tendencies and dilemmas which were essential to their society and the period they lived in, and have made the audience think about the real philosophy of values, having them realize that it is far from being genuine. One of the most exciting angle of their work is that in often they have awake the readers’ interest in books and written works. from this angle one of the most interesting success stories is that of a famous author John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be considered special as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is currently spending a noticeable part of her money on charity, battling poverty and illness. The idea of the book was found while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to bring out her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a kind 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 demonstrated the opposite - having created a number of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article cannot name and more or less precisely list all writers who have provided their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been working and putting ideas exactly into the heads of the millions, and in this way were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the looks of a civilization of the 20th century.