Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War the public started to consider that the world’s essential ethical foundations are clear and consistent . Both world politics and social relations were depending on the ideas of progress , good innovations , faith in the rational , understanding , technical advancement , and the ability to explain any activity from a analytical viewpoint . Nevertheless , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to degrade and currently , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a different type of reality .
We without any problems notice all advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom come to realize the fact that there are certain thoughts standing behind those technological solutions. The essence of the upcoming change was first tracked by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose books have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have more effectively than others other people created and worded authentic ideas and have ultimately molded a brand new intellectual and perceptual analysis of the future. They have noted issues in the mundane of our lives and have opened a set of problems, which were going on without being noticed . They have helped us to realize the new problems , and sent us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the mindset of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was seen as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most vital problems of the past era ; those issues , which the humankind , having survived through the world wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was unwilling to face . Finally they were formulating the main question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will name several of the most prominent writers of the last century. They have all quite influenced literature of their period, have depicted trends and difficulties which were classic to their nations and the period they were living in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the existing ideology of values, having them understand that it is far away from being perfect. One of the most interesting feature of their work is that in mostly they have risen the person’s attention in books and written works. from this angle one of the most exciting success writings is that of a famous writer Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named special as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to make $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is today spending a extensive part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The plot of the book was created while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to publish her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly advice — to find a permanent job. He was incredulous 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 amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article is not able to enumerate and more or less exactly list all authors who have given their contribution to the today’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas directly into the heads of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not creating for entertainment only, but they were also playing a considerable part in shaping the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.