What is an absurd novel?

The so-called absurdity, also called grotesque, is a way to exaggerate things extremely, that is, to change the form and attribute of objective things from a certain subjective feeling, go straight into the deepest part of the phenomenon and reveal the essence of things. The absurd plot reflects the irrational expression of human existence at that time. Satire in absurd novels is often combined with bitter humor. Express the ideological content of the work through uncertain time, space and characters, and abstract the specific characters in reality. The factors existing in reality are intertwined with unrealistic and illusory factors, and the events in unrealistic life are described in a realistic way. Although absurd and funny, it opens the depth of the theme.

Absurd novels put absurdity in daily life, in the most mediocre environment, and show it as something beyond reproach. As a result, events that are not controlled by reality appear to be "more realistic than real life."

The artistic world created by absurd novels includes ideological content and artistic form, which is an organic unity of content and form. As far as thinking is concerned, it reflects all kinds of drawbacks of capitalist society in a tortuous way, treats the inevitable phenomenon of human society under specific historical conditions with the absurdity and alienation of human nature, and endows the works with strong nihilism and pessimism. As far as art is concerned, he is good at using grotesque and symbolic expressions, especially expressions to express abstract thoughts and feelings.