SOCIAL and POLITICAL NOVEL TYPES  Though certain types of novels such as "psychological" novels and bildungsromans may most commonly focus on private rather than social or public realms of life, to some extent every novel is a social--or political--novel. Novels that are intensively focused on social forces and public domains appear in many types and are known by many names. It is impossible to classify absolutely any particular novel as a single type, since virtually all novels and works of literature contain a variety of categorical features; nevertheless, classifications and descriptions are useful for thinking about particular works, even if precise definitions of many classifications are not universally or even widely agreed upon. Some types and names: political novel governmental novel tendentious novel tendenzroman roman à these thesis novel didactic novel ideological novel novel with a purpose authoritarian novel committed novel novel of engagement littérature engagée engagé novel       proletarian novel Marxist novel materialist novel radical novel allegorical novel revolutionary novel anti-war novel futuristic novel speculative novel utopian novel dystopian novel culturally critical novel problem novel propaganda novel     realistic novel naturalistic novel picaresque novel of ideas protest novel historical novel socialist novel anarchist novel social protest novel social mystery/crime novel social satire social morality novel social philosophy novel etc...