Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cessation of the Second World War the public started to think that the world’s core rules are understandable and logical . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the concepts of gain , beneficial change , trust in science , awareness , technical advancement , and the ability to ground any phenomenon from a logical standpoint . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and currently , 40 years thereafter , we find ourselves in a new type of reality .
We effortlessly notice all changes which are given us by new technology, but we almost never realize the fact that there are some ideas standing behind those inventions . The essence of the upcoming change was at first noticed by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the many authors whose poems have served for entertainment , there have been a few who have given people a new vision . They have more effectively than others other people molded and worded authentic suggestions and have ultimately done a brand new intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have noted problems in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a array of problems, which were existing without being noted . They have aided us to think of the new problems , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of cardial change; change, which was viewed as disarray at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most problematic dilemmas of the past era ; those dilemmas , which the people , having survived through the global wars and unseen number of deaths, was afraid to deal with . Finally they were formulating the most important question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will specify some of the most prominent authors of the 20th century. They have all much affected literature of their time, have showed looks and problems which were normal to their nations and the period of time they lived in, and have made the audience analyze the running ideology of values, having them understand that it is far away from being perfect. One of the most exciting feature of their writing is that in most cases they have awake the person’s attention in books and written works. 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 special as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is today spending a great part of her money on charity, battling poverty and diseases. The plot 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 piece of advice — to look for a permanent job. He was doubtful of the fact that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a series of exceptional fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This article is not able to enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have given their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the heads of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not creating for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant role in molding the culture and the looks of a society of the 20th century.