Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the denouement of the Second World War the society started to believe that the world’s essential rules are simple and justifiable . Both global politics and social relations were relying on the principles of advancement , positive innovations , belief in science , enlightenment , hi-tech advancement , and the knowledge of how to substantiate any phenomenon from a rational point of view . Notwithstanding , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to degrade and now , 40 years later , we live in a new kind of reality .
We easily mark all innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we barely comprehend the fact that there are certain concepts standing behind those solutions . The nature of the upcoming change was initially noticed by those people, who more often than not lived anteceding their time – writers and authors. Among the multiple authors whose books have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new vision . They have better than others other people shaped and worded new suggestions and have finally molded a new intelligent and perceptual substantiation of the future. They have found problems in the mundane of our lives and have opened a number of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have assisted us to realize the new challenges , and have given us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the minds of the entire generation, which has taken the blow of dramatic change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most tormenting questions of the previous epoch ; those dilemmas , which the people , having survived through the global wars and wild violence , was afraid to face . In the end they were formulating the most critical dilemma “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will name some of the most popular authors of the 20th century. They have all greatly affected literature of their epoch, have depicted looks and difficulties which were essential to their nations and the period of time they were living in, and have motivated the audience meditate on the existing system of values, having them understand that it is far from being genuine. One of the most fascinating feature of their writing is that in often they have risen the readers’ attention in books and written works. in this case one of the most exciting success works is that of a well known 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 publishing fairytales. She is today spending a considerable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and diseases. The idea of the book was found 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 loving piece of advice — to find a stable job. He was unaware of the fact that the young author would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having produced a series of amazing 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 authors who have provided their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and presenting ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and in this way were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant part in shaping the culture and the sights of a civilization of the 20th century.
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