What Is a Satirist?

Satire is a type of novel. It is characterized by using ridicule to reveal negative and backward things in life. In terms of artistic performance, this type of novel fully mobilizes all kinds of satire art methods, using exaggeration, coincidence, comic style description and other methods to highlight the contradictory, ridiculous or deformed characteristics of the described object itself, forming a strong contrast, extremely concise and sharp life The worthless thing is torn and shown to others, causing readers to get negative and derogatory ugly spiritual and emotional pleasure, to achieve the purpose of warning education or exposure, flogging, and attacking. Well-known satirical novels include Wu Jingzi's The History of Scholars in the Qing Dynasty, Russian writer Gogol's Coat, Minister of Commission, and American writer Mark Twain's The Gilded Age. ^[1]

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Novel, masterpiece of Russian writer Gogol. Originally planned to create three works. Due to the decline of creative ability and ideological limitations in the later period, the second part of his creation was forced to burn himself in 1852, and the third part was too late to write. Only the first one was completed and passed down. "Dead Soul" is the cornerstone of the development of Russian critical realist literature and the pinnacle of the development of Gogol's realist writing. Belinsky highly praised it as "an epoch-making masterpiece in the Russian literary world", a "high above all the past and current works of Russian literature", "a work that is both national and highly artistic."

The novel describes the story of a speculative liar, a sixth-class civil servant, begging and selling for dead souls (Russian landlords call their serfs "soul souls"). Qiqikov came to a city to open up the relationship between the officials from the governor to the construction technicians for more than a week, and then went to the suburbs to buy out the serfs who had died but had not cancelled their hukou, and were going to take them Serve as a live serf to the supervisory board to defraud large deposits. He visited one landlord after another, and after fierce bargaining, he bought a large number of dead souls. When he cheerfully completed the legal sale and purchase formalities based on the long-established relationship, his crimes were revealed and prosecuted. The official was scared to death by rumors, and begged to escape in a hurry.

The publication of "Dead Soul" shocked the entire Russia. Under the author's sharp pen, all kinds of greedy and ignorant landlords, corrupt officials, and the miserable situation of the serfs in general were exposed to the fullest. Therefore, with its profound ideological content, sharp critical tendency and huge artistic power, it has become a masterpiece of Russian critical realist literature, a model of Russian literature, and a satirical work in world literature.