7.4.1

Introduction to Marxist Criticisms

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Introduction to Marxist Literary Criticism

Marxist criticism is based on the economic, political and philosophical writings of Karl Marx, a German thinker who criticised the political and economic systems of 19th-century capitalist societies.

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Marxist politics vs analysis

  • While Marxist political ideas have largely been discredited since the collapse of Russian and Eastern European communism in the late 1980s/1990s, Marxist analysis is still a highly relevant tool for examining the power relations within societies (and the representations of societies in literature).
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Core Marxist belief

  • Key to Marxist thinking is the belief that the way we think and behave is conditioned by society.
  • Although we like to think of ourselves as free and independent, Marxist analysis looks at how far we are controlled by factors such as government, money and social class.

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