Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War the society commenced to consider that the world’s core values are simple and coherent . Both global politics and social relations were counting on the ideas of progress , good change , confidence in the rational , understanding , advancement , and the ability to explain any activity from a analytical point of view . Nevertheless , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world has begun to degrade and now , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a changed kind of existence .
We easily mark all changes which are given us by new technology, but we infrequently realize the fact that there are specific thoughts standing behind those technological solutions. The core of the upcoming change was first tracked by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the many authors whose books have served for entertainment , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new picture of the future . They have better than others other people shaped and worded fresh suggestions and have finally molded a new intelligent and emotional grounding of the future. They have seen challenges in the mundane of our lives and have opened a set of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have helped us to realize the new challenges , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have determined the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was seen as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most vital questions of the previous epoch ; those dilemmas , which the people , having survived through the world wars and unprecedented sufferings , was unwilling to meet . Finally they were raising the main question “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will specify several of the most popular authors of the last century. They have all much affected literature of their time, have manifested trends and dilemmas which were typical to their countries and the period of time they lived in, and have motivated the readers meditate on the existing set of moral, having them understand that it is far from being flawless. One of the most exciting feature of their writing is that in mostly they have risen the people attention in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most interesting success stories is that of a brilliant author Anne Bronte .
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered unique as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is now spending a noticeable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The plot of the book was found while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to bring out her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to find a permanent job. He was incredulous of the fact that the young writer would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having produced a number of unparalleled fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less exactly list all writers who have provided their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been working and presenting ideas directly into the thoughts of the people, and therefore were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in creating the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.