Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War people commenced to consider that the world’s ground ethical foundations are clear and coherent . Both politics and social relations were depending on the thoughts of advancement , positive changes , confidence in the logical , awareness , hi-tech progress , and the ability to reason any phenomenon from a logical standpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to change and now , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a changed kind of actuality .
We effortlessly note all advancements which are given us by new technology, but we seldom comprehend the fact that there are specific thoughts standing behind those inventions . The nature of the expected change was at first spotted by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors created and formulated fresh ideas and have ultimately done a fresh intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have seen issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a number of problems, which were going on without being noted . They have helped us to become aware of the new challenges , and have given us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of cardial change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most problematic problems of the previous century; those questions , which the humankind , having survived through the global wars and unseen sufferings , was reluctant to face . In the end they were raising the most important dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this work we will mention some of the most popular authors of the last century. They have all significantly influenced literature of their period, have depicted trends and difficulties which were essential to their society and the period they existed in, and have made the readers analyze the real ideology of moral, having them realize that it is far from being genuine. One of the most interesting angle of their work is that in often they have awake the people interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most interesting success works is that of a brilliant author Lewis Carroll .
The success of Joan Rowling can be named unique as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a significant part of her earnings on charity, fighting 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 given her 1500 pounds together with a loving piece of advice — to find a stable job. He was incredulous of the idea that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has proved the opposite - having written a number 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 precisely list all authors who have provided their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been working and putting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the millions, and in this way were influencing the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not creating for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.