Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the denouement of the Second World War the public began to feel that the world’s basic rules are plain and consistent . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the thoughts of progress , beneficial innovations , faith in science , understanding , technical advancement , and the ability to explain any activity from a rational standpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to change and now , 40 years thereafter , we live in a changed type of existence .
We easily spot those advancements which are given us by new technology, but we barely come to realize the fact that there are certain ideas standing behind those inventions . The core of the future change was initially noticed by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose poems have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given people a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors molded and formulated fresh thoughts and have finally done a fresh intelligent and perceptual grounding of the future. They have spotted problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a number of problems, which were dragging on without being spotted . They have assisted us to realize the new problems , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was seen as disarray at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most burning dilemmas of the previous era ; those problems , which the humankind , having gone through the global wars and wild violence , was reluctant to face . Finally they were voicing the main question “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will specify some of the most popular writers of the last century. They have all greatly influenced literature of their epoch, have reflected tendencies and problems which were classic to their society and the period they were living in, and have motivated the audience meditate on the running philosophy of values, having them understand that it is far from being ideal. One of the most interesting feature of their work is that in often they have evoked the audience attention in books and written works. in this case one of the most exciting success stories is that of a brilliant author John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be called unique as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is today spending a extensive part of her earnings on charity, fighting 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 decided to print her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a loving piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was doubtful of the fact that the young writer would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a series of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have offered their contribution to the today’s literature. They have been working and putting ideas exactly into the heads of the people, and thus were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant part in molding the culture and the views of a society of the 20th century.