Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cessation of the Second World War the society began to believe that the world’s basic ethical foundations are clear and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were relying on the concepts of advancement , positive innovations , confidence in science , enlightenment , technological advancement , and the potential to reason any happening from a logical viewpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to degrade and now , 40 years later , we live in a transformed type of actuality .
We effortlessly notice those changes which are given us by new technology, but we rarely are aware of the fact that there are some concepts standing behind those solutions . The essence of the expected adjustment was at first found by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors molded and worded fresh thoughts and have ultimately created formed a fresh intelligent and perceptual grounding of the future. They have noticed issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have helped us to realize the new problems , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have determined the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of drastic change; change, which was seen as chaos at the start of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most vital problems of the past era ; those problems , which the people , having gone through the global wars and unseen violence , was unwilling to deal with . In the end they were formulating the most critical question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will specify several of the most prominent authors of the last century. They have all significantly impacted literature of their period, have offered tendencies and dilemmas which were essential to their people and the times they were living in, and have made the readers think about the actual system of moral, having them understand that it is far from being ideal. One of the most interesting feature of their work is that in often they have evoked the person’s interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most interesting success writings is that of a well known writer John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called phenomenal as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to earn $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a noticeable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to publish her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving piece of advice — to look for a permanent job. He was doubtful of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having published a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This paper is not able to enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have made their gift to the today’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant part in shaping the culture and the views of a society of the 20th century.