Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cease of the Second World War people commenced to consider that the world’s main ethical foundations are understandable and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were relying on the principles of progress , good changes , trust in the logical , enlightenment , technical advancement , and the potential to substantiate any happening from a analytical standpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to change and now , 40 years later , we live in a new kind of reality .
We easily mark those changes which are given us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are some thoughts which the author has put behind those inventions . The nature of the upcoming change was first found by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose masterpieces have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new vision . They have better than others other people molded and formulated authentic ideas and have in the end created formed a brand new intellectual and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have spotted challenges in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a array of problems, which were dragging on without being noted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new issues , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have formed the mindset of the entire generation, which has observed the period of drastic change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most vital issues of the last epoch ; those issues , which the humankind , having gone through the world wars and wild violence , was unwilling to meet . In the end they were formulating the the most topical dilemma “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will specify some of the most prominent authors of the last century. They have all much affected literature of their time, have showed trends and problems which were normal to their nations and the period they were living in, and have made the audience meditate on the real system of moral, having them realize that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most exciting feature of their work is that in most cases they have evoked the readers’ interest in books and written matter. In this aspect one of the most exciting success works is that of a well known writer Lewis Carroll .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called phenomenal as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is currently spending a great part of her profit on charity, fighting 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 agreed to print her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a kind advice — to find a stable job. He was doubtful of the idea that the young author would be able to make money of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having published a number of amazing fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This paper cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all writers who have made their contribution to the nowadays literature. They have been working and bringing ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and in this way were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a considerable role in shaping the culture and the vision of a society of the 20th century.
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