Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cease of the Second World War the public started to believe that the world’s core principles are simple and logical . Both general politics and social relations were depending on the thoughts of advancement , positive innovations , faith in the rational , enlightenment , technical advancement , and the potential to reason any phenomenon from a logical viewpoint . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and currently , 40 years after , we dwell in a changed kind of actuality .
We effortlessly note all advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are concrete concepts which the author has put behind those solutions . The nature of the future adjustment was at first noticed by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people molded and formulated authentic ideas and have ultimately created formed a brand new intellectual and emotional grounding of the future. They have found issues in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have helped us to think of the new challenges , and sent us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have formed the vision of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was viewed as anarchy at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most tormenting issues of the last century; those dilemmas , which the people , having gone through the global wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was afraid to meet . Lastly they were raising the the most topical dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this work we will name some of the most well known writers of the 20th century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their time, have depicted looks and dilemmas which were classic to their society and the period they were living in, and have motivated the readers analyze the actual philosophy of moral, having them understand that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most important angle of their work is that in most cases they have risen the audience interest in books and written works. from this angle one of the most interesting success works is that of a brilliant author John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be considered unique as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a extensive part of her money on charity, fighting poverty and illness. The plot of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to publish her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a permanent job. He was unaware of the fact that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has proved the opposite - having written a series of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This paper is not able to enumerate and more or less precisely list all authors who have provided their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas exactly into the minds of the millions, and in this way were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant part in molding the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.
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