They often use exaggeration. For example, in 'Gulliver's Travels', the sizes of the people in different lands are extremely exaggerated to highlight the differences in human nature. This makes the readers more aware of the problems being satirized.
One famous modern satirical novel is 'Catch - 22' by Joseph Heller. It satirizes the military bureaucracy and the absurdity of war. Another is 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell, which uses animals on a farm to satirize totalitarian regimes. 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley is also well - known. It satirizes a future society where people are conditioned from birth for specific roles and consumerism is rampant.
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China's feudal society and also one of the important periods in the history of Chinese novels. Here are four famous satirical novels and the names of their authors:
1 Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin
2 Journey to the West-Wu Chengen
3 Water Margins-Shi Nai 'an
Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong
There's Anthony Burgess, who wrote 'A Clockwork Orange'. His work satirizes youth and society's response to it. Ralph Ellison, the author of 'Invisible Man', also used satire in his work to comment on the African - American experience. And William S. Burroughs, with his 'Naked Lunch', which satirizes various aspects of modern life.
One of the famous satirical novels is 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift. It satirizes various aspects of human nature, society, and politics through the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver in different strange lands.
Qian Zhongshu's most famous satirical novel was Fortress Besieged. This was a novel set in modern China. Through the description of the protagonist Fang Hongjian's contact and interaction with the people in the besieged city, it revealed the various ills of society and the distortion of human nature at that time. This novel was hailed as a classic of modern Chinese literature, which had a profound impact on later literary creation. In addition to Fortress Besieged, Qian Zhongshu also wrote many other famous satirical novels such as Cat City and Recalling the Past at Night.
I recommend four novels to you. They are:
1. <<Extramarital Love>>: A modern novel that satirizes family disputes and betrayal.
2. Romance: A modern school novel that satirizes interpersonal relationships and the sweetness and sourness of love.
3. [Black-bellied Husband Is Tsundere]: A romance novel that satirizes infatuated women and tsundere male protagonists.
4. "First-grade Guye": An urban novel that satirizes family power struggles and the difference between superiority and inferiority. I hope you like my recommendation. Muah ~
After the Paris Commune revolution, many outstanding satirists appeared in France. The most famous one was France. His works included Comedy on Earth and Eugenie Grandet. These works deeply reflected the political and social reality of the time through the revelation of social phenomena and human weaknesses, becoming one of the representative works of French critical realism literature.
There are many world-famous satirical works, some of which include:
1. Hamlet and King Lear;
2. Owen's novels such as Austin's Mansfield Park and Pride and Predict;
3. Dickens 'novels such as Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities;
4. The Necklace and The World of Miserables written by Maupassant;
5. Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris, Miserables, and other novels;
6. Maugham's novels such as The Moon and Sixpence and The Shackles of Human Nature;
Faulkner's novels such as The Sound and the Fury and Glory;
8. Ernest Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms;
9. Xiao Bo's novels such as " The Golden Age " and " A Maverick Pig ";
10 Lu Xun's " Madman's Diary "," The True Story of Ah Q " and other novels.
There was also Laurence Sterne. His 'Tristram Shandy' was a highly experimental and satirical novel. It played with narrative structure and used satire to poke fun at various aspects of life in the 18th century, including literary conventions, family relationships, and the nature of time.