Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cessation of the Second World War the society started to think that the world’s core principles are understandable and logical . Both politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of advancement , good innovations , faith in the rational , understanding , technological advancement , and the potential to reason any activity from a rational standpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to change and currently , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a new type of existence .
We effortlessly notice all changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we rarely are aware of the fact that there are specific concepts which the author has put behind those solutions . The nature of the upcoming change was at first found by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the many authors whose works have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors formed and formulated new suggestions and have ultimately done a brand new intellectual and emotional grounding of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a set of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have helped us to realize the new challenges , and gave us new hope .
These were the authors who have determined the minds of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of drastic change; change, which was viewed as chaos at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most burning problems of the previous century; those issues , which the humankind , having lived through the global wars and unprecedented sufferings , was reluctant to deal with . Finally they were formulating the most critical dilemma “What will our future look like?”
In this paper we will mention several of the most famous authors of the 20th century. They have all greatly affected literature of their epoch, have reflected looks and dilemmas which were typical to their society and the times they existed in, and have motivated the audience meditate on the real philosophy of moral, having them understand that it is far from being ideal. One of the most exciting aspects of their writing is that in often they have risen the audience interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most exciting success stories is that of a brilliant writer Anne Bronte .
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered phenomenal as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is currently spending a noticeable part of her money on charity, battling 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 agreed to print her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a kind piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was incredulous of the fact that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has showed the opposite - having written a number of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This article cannot name and more or less accurately list all writers who have provided their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the thoughts of the millions, and therefore were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant role in shaping the culture and the vision of a society of the 20th century.