Write 8 page essay on the topic Realist Novel as Well as Satirical Novel.This essay explores that the writers, Jane Austen and Henry Fielding use satirizing as well as realistic tone to write their no

Write 8 page essay on the topic Realist Novel as Well as Satirical Novel.

This essay explores that the writers, Jane Austen and Henry Fielding use satirizing as well as realistic tone to write their novels. The aspects that Austen considered satirizing were the consideration of class, status, and marriage by the women of the eighteenth century and she, on the other hand, portrayed it very realistically as in her age, and the societal women were more concerned towards their future as a married woman and also socially sound with their husband’s support. The aspects that Fielding considered satirizing were the corruptible elements of the society along with social differences.

Realist novels can also be satirical novel because satire is a kind of ridicule or mockery on social aspects, society as a whole or people, due to which a novel can be stated as satirical. On the other hand, they can also be a realist because while satirizing, the novelists portray what is true and real and this aspect makes the work as a realist.

This paper makes a conclusion that Jane Austen and Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding can be both satirical and realize because they contain satirizing elements as well as realistic elements. While reading the novels, the reader not only accepts what he/she reads but also is able to acknowledge the satire that is employed in them. Both the novelists, Jane Austen and Henry Fielding criticize the social conditions and norms that are criticisable by means of employment of satire and also give a real picture of the society that existed in their terms.