Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the denouement of the Second World War the public began to feel that the world’s essential ethical foundations are simple and coherent . Both global politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of advancement , positive changes , confidence in the logical , awareness , technological advancement , and the potential to ground any phenomenon from a rational viewpoint . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and now , 40 years later , we dwell in a new kind of reality .
We effortlessly note those advancements which are given us by new technology, but we seldom are aware of the fact that there are some thoughts standing behind those solutions . The core of the future change was at first noticed by those people, who more often than not lived anteceding their time – philosophers and authors. Among the many authors whose works have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given people a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors formed and worded fresh ideas and have in the end created formed a fresh intelligent and emotional analysis of the future. They have seen issues in the mundane of our lives and have opened a number of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new issues , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the start of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most tormenting dilemmas of the past century; those problems , which the humankind , having lived through the global wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was reluctant to face . Finally they were formulating the main question “What will our future be like?”
In this paper we will mention some of the most prominent authors of the 20th century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their epoch, have revealed tendencies and problems which were typical to their nations and the period they existed in, and have made the readers analyze the running set of values, having them realize that it is far from being genuine. One of the most exciting feature of their writing is that in often they have evoked the readers’ attention in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most interesting success writings is that of a famous author John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be named special as she has become the first author in the world to make $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a extensive part of her profit on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The plot of the book was found 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 kind advice — to find a stable job. He was unaware of the idea that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing books. 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 books.
This paper is not able to enumerate and more or less exactly list all authors who have made their contribution to the nowadays literature. They have been working and bringing ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant part in creating the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.
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