Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cessation of the Second World War the society started to deem that the world’s essential ethical foundations are simple and coherent . Both politics and social relations were relying on the concepts of progress , good innovations , confidence in science , understanding , hi-tech advancement , and the knowledge of how to substantiate any happening from a analytical standpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and currently , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a changed kind of actuality .
We easily notice those innovations which are given us by new technology, but we rarely are aware of the fact that there are some concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the upcoming change was initially noticed by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people created and voiced authentic thoughts and have ultimately molded a new intellectual and perceptual analysis of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have aided us to think of the new problems , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have determined the mindset of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was seen as anarchy at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most problematic problems of the past century; those issues , which the people , having survived through the global wars and unprecedented sufferings , was reluctant to meet . Lastly they were formulating the most critical issue “What will our future be like?”
In this paper we will mention some of the most famous writers of the 20th century. They have all significantly influenced literature of their epoch, have reflected trends and problems which were typical to their society and the times they lived in, and have made the readers meditate on the existing ideology of values, having them understand that it is far away from being perfect. One of the most fascinating angle of their work is that in often they have awake the people interest in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most interesting success works is that of a famous author Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called unique as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a noticeable part of her money on charity, fighting poverty and diseases. The plot of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to print her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a permanent job. He was incredulous of the idea that the young author would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having created a series of exceptional fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This work cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all writers who have provided their gift to the today’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas directly into the thoughts of the people, and in this way were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in creating the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.