Marxist Flashcards
which entire concept deals with the class struggles that is based on the economic and cultural theory of Karl Marx
Marxist critism
He wrote “The Communist Manifesto” and the founder of communism (stateless or classless society).
Karl max
•Marxist literary criticism is valuable because it enables readers to see the role that class plays in the plot of a text
Two types of social classes based on Karl Marx theory:
Proletariat-workers or working-class people • Bourgeoisie- who owns the society’s wealth and means of production.
-workers or working-class people
Proletariat
who owns the society’s wealth and means of production
Bourgeoisie
Fundamental Questions for Marxist Criticism
- Who has the power or money and who does not?
- What role does class play in the work?
- What is the author’s analysis of class relations?
- How do characters overcome oppression?
This approach relates literary text to the society, history, cultural, and political systems in which it is created. It does not consider a literary text devoid of its writer and the influences on the writer. Marxist criticism views literary works as reflections of the social institutions from which they originate.
Marxism approach
1.Who are the significant characters in the story? Briefly describe.
- What is the important theme in the story?
- What is the author trying to tell us about the life and people in the story?
- What does the story suggest about the relation between different social classes? 5. How would you relate Laura Sheridan’s kind and the workmen in the story to the people in our today’s society?