Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the end of the Second World War people began to consider that the world’s main ethical foundations are simple and coherent . Both politics and social relations were counting on the ideas of development, good changes , faith in science , enlightenment , technical progress , and the ability to substantiate any activity from a analytical point of view . Nevertheless , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and now , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a changed type of reality .
We without any problems spot all advancements which are given us by new technology, but we barely realize the fact that there are some thoughts standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the future change was first tracked by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new vision . They have more effectively than others other authors formed and voiced fresh suggestions and have in the end molded a fresh intelligent and perceptual analysis of the future. They have noted challenges in the mundane of our lives and have opened a number of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have aided us to realize the new challenges , and gave us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was seen as disarray at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most tormenting issues of the past century; those issues , which the people , having gone through the world wars and unprecedented violence , was reluctant to deal with . In the end they were voicing the most important dilemma “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this work we will specify some of the most well known authors of the 20th century. They have all quite influenced literature of their time, have revealed tendencies and difficulties which were classic to their society and the times they existed in, and have made the audience think about the running ideology of moral, having them realize that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most interesting feature of their work is that in most cases they have evoked the readers’ attention in books and written matter. in this case one of the most exciting success writings is that of a famous writer Anne Bronte .
The success of Joan Rowling can be named unique 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 earnings on charity, confronting poverty and diseases. The idea of the book was invented 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 loving piece of advice — to find a stable job. He was hesitant of the fact that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having published a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article cannot name and more or less accurately list all authors who have given their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the minds of the people, and in this way were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant role in molding the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.