Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the end of the Second World War the society started to deem that the world’s core values are plain and justifiable . Both global politics and social relations were counting on the principles of progress , positive change , belief in the logical , understanding , progress , and the ability to substantiate any happening from a logical viewpoint . Nevertheless , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and now , 40 years later , we find ourselves in a changed kind of existence .
We easily note those innovations which are given us by new technology, but we almost never comprehend the fact that there are specific ideas standing behind those technological solutions. The essence of the upcoming change was first noticed by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose works have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people molded and voiced fresh suggestions and have finally created formed a fresh intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have noted problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a array of problems, which were existing without being noted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new problems , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have formed the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was seen as anarchy at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most tormenting issues of the last era ; those problems , which the people , having gone through the global wars and wild violence , was reluctant to face . In the end they were formulating the main issue “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will specify several of the most well known writers of the last century. They have all significantly impacted literature of their period, have revealed looks and dilemmas which were classic to their people and the period of time they were living in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the actual philosophy of values, having them realize that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most exciting angle of their work is that in often they have risen the audience attention in books and written works. In this aspect one of the most exciting success writings is that of a well known writer Anne Bronte .
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered special as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is now spending a considerable part of her profit on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was created while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to publish her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a friendly advice — to find a stable job. He was unaware of the idea that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has proved the opposite - having produced a number of exceptional fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have offered their contribution to the today’s literature. They have been working and putting ideas exactly into the heads of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable part in molding the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.