Marxist Theories Flashcards
He comes up with the reflection theory that promotes realistic literature.
Georg Lukacs
He comes up with the alienation effect.
Brecht
He believes that literary work is a social object that cannot be reducible to any tight domain.
Adorno
He believes in the uniqueness of each artistic project and so does each literary work. Hence, it is not acceptable to classify literary works according to specific genres or criteria.
Benjamin
He comes up with the ideological status apparatus and repressive status apparatus.
Althusser
He argued that great works of literature reflected the class position of those who wrote them.
Goldmann
He goes on to elaborate that the ideological context within which literature is produced limits what can be said within the form of its products.
Macherey
He coined the term cultural materialist, the residual culture, the dominant culture, and the emergent culture.
Raymond Williams
He says that no literary or artistic work is apolitical since it serves the interest of the ruling class.
Eagleton
He believes that narrative is not just a literary form but an essential epistemological category.
Jameson
