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    Marxist criticism is a research method used by literary critics to interpret texts through a Marxist lens. It focuses on analyzing socio-economic relationships and class struggles presented in literary works. Marxist criticism examines how literature reflects the material conditions and dominant ideologies of the time period in which it was written. The main aims of Marxist criticism are to more fully explain the literary work by paying attention to its forms, styles, and meanings, and to interpret the text as an expression of contemporary class struggle. Key figures in the development of Marxist criticism include Karl Marx, who first developed theories of historical materialism and class struggle that formed the basis of this critical approach.

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    Marxist criticism is a research method used by literary critics to interpret texts through a Marxist lens. It focuses on analyzing socio-economic relationships and class struggles presented in literary works. Marxist criticism examines how literature reflects the material conditions and dominant ideologies of the time period in which it was written. The main aims of Marxist criticism are to more fully explain the literary work by paying attention to its forms, styles, and meanings, and to interpret the text as an expression of contemporary class struggle. Key figures in the development of Marxist criticism include Karl Marx, who first developed theories of historical materialism and class struggle that formed the basis of this critical approach.

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    Marxist criticism is a research method used by literary critics to interpret texts through a Marxist lens. It focuses on analyzing socio-economic relationships and class struggles presented in literary works. Marxist criticism examines how literature reflects the material conditions and dominant ideologies of the time period in which it was written. The main aims of Marxist criticism are to more fully explain the literary work by paying attention to its forms, styles, and meanings, and to interpret the text as an expression of contemporary class struggle. Key figures in the development of Marxist criticism include Karl Marx, who first developed theories of historical materialism and class struggle that formed the basis of this critical approach.

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    Marxist

    criticism: key
    ideas, research
    tools, main
    representatives

    Diana Matsenko, 541


    Marxist Criticism is
    a research method, a type of textual research, that literary critics use
    to interpret texts
    a genre of discourse employed by literary critics used to share the
    results of their interpretive efforts.

    Marxist criticism places a literary work within the context of class and
    assumptions about class. A premise of Marxist criticism is that literature can
    be viewed as ideological, and that it can be analyzed in terms of a
    Base/Superstructure model.
    Focus
    Marxist critical literary theory focuses on socio-
    economic relationships. Critical literary works
    present relationships of economic domination in
    clear terms. This can be accomplished in original
    works of literature with critical theses, or in
    secondary literature on oppressive ideology present
    in literature.
    Ideologies
    It is through the theories of class struggle, politics, and economics that Marxist literary criticism
    emerged. The thought behind Marxist criticism is that works of literature are mere products of
    history that can be analyzed by looking at the social and material conditions in which they were
    constructed.Marx's Capital states that "the mode of production of material life determines
    altogether the social, political, and intellectual life process. It is not the consciousness of men that
    determines their being, but on the contrary their social being, that determines their consciousness."
    Put simply, the social situation of the author determines the types of characters that will develop,
    the political ideas displayed and the economical statements developed in the text.
    The main
    aim
    Its aim is to explain the literary work more fully; and this means a sensitive
    attention to its forms, styles and, meanings.

    In literary theory, a Marxist interpretation reads the text as an expression of


    contemporary class struggle. Literature is not simply a matter of personal
    expression or taste. It somehow relates to the social and political conditions
    of the time.
    the dialectical method
    The two of logical deduction
    principal
    components of
    Marxist
    science are:
    genetic synthesis
    Karl Marx

    Karl Marx started Marxist criticism. Karl Marx was a


    19th century German thinker most famous for
    developing a notion of communism in The Communist
    Manifesto. His notion of communism was not simply
    a utopia presented in a vacuum, it was a political
    program meant to critique the social conditions of
    capitalism.
    As a young man, Karl Marx
    He was literally a man
    was prone to drunkenness
    without a country.
    and duels.

    Intere Facts
    sting
    His wife once pawned his He died broke and just 11
    pants to buy food. people attended his funeral.
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