Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cessation of the Second World War the public started to believe that the world’s ground rules are simple and justifiable . Both world politics and social relations were relying on the thoughts of gain , positive innovations , faith in the logical , understanding , technological innovations , and the potential to substantiate any happening from a rational point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to degrade and now , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a new type of reality .
We easily spot all changes which are given us by new technology, but we rarely realize the fact that there are certain ideas which the author has put behind those technological solutions. The nature of the expected adjustment was initially spotted by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose books have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people molded and formulated fresh suggestions and have in the end done a fresh intellectual and emotional grounding of the future. They have found challenges in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have helped us to become aware of the new problems , and sent us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of dramatic change; change, which was viewed as anarchy at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most burning problems of the past epoch ; those questions , which the humankind , having survived through the global wars and unprecedented number of deaths, was reluctant to deal with . Finally they were formulating the most critical issue “What will our future be like?”
In this paper we will mention several of the most prominent authors of the last century. They have all greatly impacted literature of their epoch, have showed tendencies and dilemmas which were normal to their society and the period of time they lived in, and have made the readers analyze the real philosophy of moral, having them realize that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most important aspects of their writing is that in mostly they have evoked the readers’ attention in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most exciting success writings is that of a brilliant writer Lewis Carroll .
The success of Joan Rowling can be called 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 significant 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 bring out her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to find a stable job. He was doubtful of the fact that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having created a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading.
This article cannot name and more or less precisely list all writers who have made their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been working and putting ideas exactly into the minds of the millions, and thus were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant part in shaping the culture and the looks of a society of the 20th century.