Author(s)

Churong Huang

Corresponding Author

Churong Huang

Abstract

As one of the four major condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty, Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades has inherited and developed the satirical art of The Scholars, and has shown different satirical features due to influences of the author and the times. Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades lacks the artistic characteristic of "sorrow with harmony, elegance with much satire" in The Scholars, and shows features of a large amount of laughter in the book, weakened condemnation, the mixture of realism with anecdotes and jokes and the lack of compassion.

Keywords

The Scholars, Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades, Sorrow With Harmony, Elegance With Much Satire