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    The document provides an overview of Marxist criticism as an interpretive framework and genre of academic discourse. It explains that Marxist criticism analyzes literature and culture through the lens of Marxist theory, with a focus on how economic and social structures influence ideology. The key concepts of Marxist criticism include class, socioeconomic status, power relations in society, and the representation of these segments in texts.

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    MARXIST

    criticism
    Marxist Criticism refers to a method you'll
    encounter in literary and cultural analysis.
    It breaks down texts and societal
    structures using foundational concepts
    like class, alienation, base, and
    superstructure.
    WHAT IS MARXIST
    CRITICISM?
    Marxist Criticism refers to both
    an interpretive framework
    a genre of discourse.
    Marxist Criticism as both a theoretical approach and a
    conversational genre within academic discourse. Critics
    using this framework analyze literature and other cultural
    forms through the lensof Marxist theory, which includes an
    exploration of how economic and social structures influence
    ideology and culture.
    WHY DOES
    MARXIST CRITICISM
    MATTER?
    Marxist criticism thus emphasizes
    class, socioeconomic status, power
    relations among various segments of
    society, and the representation of
    those segments. Marxist literary
    criticism is valuable because it
    enables readers to see the role that
    class plays in the plot of a text.
    WHAT ARE THE FOUR PRIMARY
    PERSPECTIVES OF MARXISM?

    01 02 03 04
    Class Alienation Base Superstructure
    EXAMPLE OF A
    MARXIST CRITICISM
    Marxist reading of a novel might
    explore how the narrative
    reinforces or challenges the
    existing social hierarchy and
    economic inequalities.
    DID KARL MARX
    CREATE MARXIST
    CRITICISM?
    Karl Marx himself did not create Marxist criticism as a literary or
    cultural methodology. He was a philosopher, economist, and
    sociologist, and his works laid the foundation for Marxist theory
    in the context of social and economic analysis. The key
    concepts that Marx developed—such as class struggle, the
    theory of surplus value, and historical materialism—are central
    to understanding the mechanisms of capitalism and class
    relations. Marxist criticism as a distinct approach to literature
    and culture developed later, as thinkers in the 20th century
    began to apply Marx’s ideas to the arts and humanities. It is a
    product of various scholars and theorists who found Marx’s
    social theories to be useful tools for analyzing and critiquing
    literature and culture. So, while Marx provided the ideological
    framework, it was later theorists who adapted his ideas into
    what is now known as Marxist criticism.
    THANKYOU
    very much

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