Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the cessation of the Second World War the public began to feel that the world’s ground ethical foundations are understandable and consistent . Both general politics and social relations were depending on the concepts of advancement , positive innovations , trust in the rational , awareness , progress , and the knowledge of how to substantiate any happening from a logical point of view . Nevertheless , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to change and currently , 40 years thereafter , we dwell in a transformed kind of reality .
We effortlessly mark all changes which are given us by new technology, but we almost never comprehend the fact that there are concrete concepts standing behind those technological solutions. The nature of the future change was at first noticed by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose poems have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other authors formed and formulated authentic ideas and have ultimately molded a new intellectual and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have noted issues in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have aided us to think of the new challenges , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have formed the thoughts of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of dramatic change; change, which was viewed as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most burning questions of the past century; those questions , which the humankind , having lived through the world wars and wild violence , was afraid to deal with . Lastly they were voicing the the most topical question “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will specify several of the most popular writers of the last century. They have all significantly impacted literature of their period, have offered trends and dilemmas which were typical to their society and the period they were living in, and have motivated the readers analyze the existing philosophy of values, having them realize that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most important feature 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 exciting success writings is that of a well known author John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named unique as she has become the first author in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is now spending a great part of her earnings on charity, fighting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to publish her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to look for a stable job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having published a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all writers who have offered their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and presenting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the views of a civilization of the 20th century.