Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War the public started to feel that the world’s main ethical foundations are clear and consistent . Both politics and social relations were relying on the principles of development, good innovations , confidence in science , awareness , hi-tech advancement , and the potential to substantiate any activity from a logical standpoint . Nevertheless , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and currently , 40 years later , we dwell in a transformed kind of existence .
We effortlessly mark those advancements which are given us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are some concepts standing behind those inventions . The core of the expected change was at first tracked by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces 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 created and formulated authentic suggestions and have in the end created formed a new intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have seen issues in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were existing without being noted . They have helped us to become aware of the new problems , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has observed the period of cardial change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most vital dilemmas of the past epoch ; those problems , which the people , having gone through the world wars and wild number of deaths, was afraid to meet . Lastly they were voicing the most important issue “What will our future be like?”
In this paper we will name several of the most well known writers of the 20th century. They have all quite impacted literature of their period, have manifested trends and difficulties which were normal to their nations and the times they existed in, and have made the audience meditate on the running system of moral, having them understand that it is far from being ideal. One of the most fascinating aspects of their writing is that in mostly they have risen the audience interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most exciting success writings is that of a well known author Lewis Carroll .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named unique as she has become the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a great part of her money on charity, confronting 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 loving piece of advice — to look for a permanent 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 produced a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This work cannot enumerate and more or less exactly list all writers who have given their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been writing and presenting ideas directly into the minds of the people, and thus were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant part in shaping the culture and the sights of a society of the 20th century.