Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the denouement of the Second World War the society started to consider that the world’s main values are clear and justifiable . Both world politics and social relations were depending on the concepts of progress , good changes , belief in the rational , enlightenment , hi-tech innovations , and the knowledge of how to reason any happening from a analytical viewpoint . However , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and currently , 40 years later , we live in a different type of reality .
We easily notice all advancements which are given us by new technology, but we rarely comprehend the fact that there are concrete concepts standing behind those solutions . The nature of the expected adjustment was first spotted by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose poems have served for pleasure , there have been a few who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people formed and formulated new ideas and have finally done a brand new intelligent and emotional analysis of the future. They have noticed issues in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a number of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have aided us to realize the new problems , and sent us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have determined the thoughts of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was perceived as chaos at the start of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most burning issues of the last century; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having lived through the world wars and unprecedented violence , was unwilling to deal with . Lastly they were formulating the the most topical question “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this work we will mention some of the most well known authors of the last century. They have all much influenced literature of their epoch, have manifested tendencies and difficulties which were normal to their society and the times they existed in, and have motivated the audience meditate on the existing set of values, having them realize that it is far from being ideal. One of the most exciting aspects of their work is that in often they have awake the person’s interest in books and written works. from this angle one of the most exciting success stories is that of a brilliant author Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be considered special as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is now spending a noticeable part of her money on charity, fighting poverty and illness. The plot of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first decided to bring out her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to look for a permanent job. He was incredulous of the fact that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having created a series of unparalleled fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This article cannot name and more or less exactly list all writers who have made their contribution to the today’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas exactly into the minds of the millions, and in this way were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant part in creating the culture and the vision of a society of the 20th century.