Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War people started to consider that the world’s basic rules are understandable and coherent . Both global politics and social relations were counting on the principles of progress , good changes , confidence in science , enlightenment , technical progress , and the ability to reason any activity from a analytical viewpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and now , 40 years later , we dwell in a changed type of reality .
We without any problems notice those advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom realize the fact that there are concrete thoughts standing behind those inventions . The essence of the upcoming change was at first noticed by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the many authors whose books have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given people a new vision . They have better than others other people created and worded new thoughts and have ultimately molded a fresh intellectual and emotional grounding of the future. They have seen issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a set of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have aided us to think of the new problems , and sent us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have formed the minds of the entire generation, which has live through the times of drastic change; change, which was perceived as anarchy at the start of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most burning dilemmas of the previous era ; those problems , which the people , having gone through the world wars and wild sufferings , was reluctant to deal with . In the end they were raising the most important question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will mention some of the most prominent authors of the last century. They have all much affected literature of their period, have reflected looks and problems which were normal to their nations and the period they existed in, and have made the readers think about the real set of moral, having them understand that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most interesting angle of their writing is that in most cases they have evoked the people interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most interesting success writings is that of a brilliant writer Lewis Carroll .
The success of Joan Rowling can be named phenomenal as she has become the first author in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is today spending a great part of her money on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was found 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 friendly piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having produced a number of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This article is not able to name and more or less precisely list all writers who have made their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been working and bringing ideas directly into the heads of the people, and thus were influencing the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in creating the culture and the looks of a society of the 20th century.