Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the denouement of the Second World War people began to think that the world’s ground values are plain and coherent . Both global politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of development, positive change , faith in the rational , understanding , hi-tech innovations , and the knowledge of how to ground any happening from a analytical point of view . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and currently , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a changed kind of actuality .
We easily spot those advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom comprehend the fact that there are specific thoughts which the author has put behind those technological solutions. The nature of the expected adjustment was initially found by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors molded and formulated fresh suggestions and have in the end molded a new intellectual and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have seen issues in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a set of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have aided us to think of the new challenges , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have determined the vision of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was seen as disarray at the start of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most problematic issues of the last era ; those dilemmas , which the people , having survived through the global wars and unseen violence , was reluctant to meet . In the end they were voicing the most critical dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will mention some of the most well known authors of the 20th century. They have all much impacted literature of their time, have showed trends and difficulties which were classic to their countries and the times they existed in, and have made the readers think about the real ideology of moral, having them understand that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most interesting angle of their writing is that in mostly they have risen the audience interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most interesting success works is that of a well known writer 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 now spending a noticeable part of her profit on charity, fighting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was created while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to print her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to find a stable job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has proved the opposite - having created a number of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This article is not able to name and more or less accurately list all writers who have given their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been writing and presenting ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and in this way were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in creating the culture and the sights of a society of the 20th century.