comic novel
Funny long narrative
A comic novel is a novel written primarily to amuse, using humor as its dominant mode rather than mere seasoning.
The genre ranges from light farce to satirical social commentary.
Works like *Don Quixote*, *Tom Jones*, and *A Confederacy of Dunces* exemplify the form, though the boundaries with satire and picaresque fiction blur considerably.
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- laugh out loudVocalize strong amusement
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- running gagRepeated joke across episodes
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
satire · unreliable narrator · epistolary · irony · metafiction · literary fiction · page turner · parody · absurdism · dark comedy · wit · tongue in cheek · tragicomedy · Miguel de Cervantes · Don Quixote · Mark Twain · social satire · send up
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, satire, parody
- Parodiesspoof, Spaceballs, Naked Gun, Scary Movie, take-off
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, political satire, spoof
- CervantesDon Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Sancho Panza, Cervantes, Rocinante
- FieldingTom Jones, Amelia, plays, Eurydice, The Lottery
comic noveltragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
tearjerker · weepie · weepy · dark fiction
comic noveltragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
drama · classical tragedy · melodrama · psychological drama · family saga
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