Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the cessation of the Second World War the society commenced to consider that the world’s basic rules are plain and logical . Both world politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of progress , beneficial innovations , confidence in the logical , understanding , technical advancement , and the potential to reason any happening from a logical point of view . Nevertheless , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and now , 40 years thereafter , we find ourselves in a new kind of existence .
We easily mark all innovations which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently comprehend the fact that there are some ideas standing behind those inventions . The core of the upcoming adjustment was at first spotted by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the many authors whose masterpieces have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given people a new vision . They have better than others other authors created and formulated authentic suggestions and have finally created formed a new intellectual and perceptual grounding of the future. They have spotted issues in the mundane of our lives and have opened a array of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new challenges , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have shaped the mindset of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was seen as anarchy at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most vital issues of the previous era ; those problems , which the people , having survived through the world wars and unseen sufferings , was unwilling to face . Finally they were voicing the the most topical question “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will specify some of the most well known writers of the 20th century. They have all significantly impacted literature of their epoch, have manifested trends and problems which were classic to their society and the period they existed in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the actual system of moral, having them understand that it is far from being perfect. One of the most exciting angle of their work is that in most cases they have awake the person’s interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most interesting success works is that of a famous writer Lewis Carroll .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named unique as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is currently spending a extensive part of her earnings on charity, battling poverty and diseases. The plot of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to publish her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a friendly 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 books. Joann has proved the opposite - having written a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This work is not able to enumerate and more or less accurately list all writers who have provided their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the heads of the people, and in this way were influencing the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant role in shaping the culture and the vision of a society of the 20th century.