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    This document provides an overview of Marxist literary criticism and how to apply it when analyzing a literary work. Some key points: - Marxist criticism examines power struggles between characters and analyzes them through their social classes. It focuses on how wealth and lack of wealth affects the story and characters. - The goal is to evaluate whether class inequality and the struggle between the rich and poor ("haves and have-nots") is a driving force in the society portrayed in the work. - Students should analyze a story using this approach by focusing on how social class affects the plot and characters, and giving voice to the poor or invisible groups in the literature. - Marxist criticism is based on the ideas of Karl

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    This document provides an overview of Marxist literary criticism and how to apply it when analyzing a literary work. Some key points: - Marxist criticism examines power struggles between characters and analyzes them through their social classes. It focuses on how wealth and lack of wealth affects the story and characters. - The goal is to evaluate whether class inequality and the struggle between the rich and poor ("haves and have-nots") is a driving force in the society portrayed in the work. - Students should analyze a story using this approach by focusing on how social class affects the plot and characters, and giving voice to the poor or invisible groups in the literature. - Marxist criticism is based on the ideas of Karl

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    This document provides an overview of Marxist literary criticism and how to apply it when analyzing a literary work. Some key points: - Marxist criticism examines power struggles between characters and analyzes them through their social classes. It focuses on how wealth and lack of wealth affects the story and characters. - The goal is to evaluate whether class inequality and the struggle between the rich and poor ("haves and have-nots") is a driving force in the society portrayed in the work. - Students should analyze a story using this approach by focusing on how social class affects the plot and characters, and giving voice to the poor or invisible groups in the literature. - Marxist criticism is based on the ideas of Karl

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    Critique a literary selection based on

    the following approaches:


    - structuralist/formalist
    - - moralist
    - - Marxist
    - - feminist
    - - historical
    - -reader response
    As we go through with this lesson, you
    are expected to :
    • Examine a selection with a focus on the power
    struggles of characters and
    • Analyze character from a selection through
    Marxist approach.
    ( Marxist) (EN10RC-IIIc22.3)
    RECALL AND RELATE

    • Recall the story “ The Necklace” and relate the


    theme of the story to your personal experience
    where you tend to sacrifice something because of
    your personal desires and ambitions. Did you
    have any regrets of doing it? Why? Why not?
    Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
    Study the picture below and answer the question
    that follow. Write your answer on a separate
    sheet of paper.
    Process Questions:
    1. What does the picture show?
    2. What conclusions can be drawn from the picture
    itself?
    3. Do you have a personal experience which you
    can relate to the scenario shown from the
    picture?
    What is Marxist Criticism?
    When you read a piece of literature,
    you’re not just reading a story.
    So what is that society
    like?
    •Do the rich and powerful have all
    the control??
    •And even inspired the author to
    create this society in the first
    place??
    •Is it like yours??
    • They predicted that one day, the
    proletariat or the have-nots, will
    throw off the oppressions of the
    bourgeoisie or those with means and
    power.
    Oppressed- one who is under control by an
    oppressor.

    Oppressor- is one who uses her/his power to


    control oppressed.
    Now, do you activities and exercises
    to help your master the skills needed
    to develop in this lesson.
    1. To show how money or lack of it
    affects a story;
    2. To show how social class affects a
    story;
    3. To give the poor or invisible a voice
    in a literature;
    4. And to evaluate whether class and
    inequality is a driving force in our
    society
    ANSWER THIS:
    1. The Marxist critic is a careful reader or viewer
    who keeps in mind issues of power and money.
    2. Marxist criticism the question, “ Is the author
    female?”
    3. To show how a social class affects a story is one
    purpose of Marxist criticism.
    4. Marxist focuses on the structure and elements
    of a literary work.
    5. Karl Marx is the founder of Marxist criticism.
    6. The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl
    Marx.
    7. Proletariat bourgeoisie are common terms in
    Marxist approach.
    8. Author’s background is relevant to Marxist
    approach.
    9. Gender is the common issue in Marxist approach.
    10. The struggle between the haves and the have-
    not is the main concern of Marxism.
    Write a letter to the author of the story. Follow the
    format below. Use a separate sheet of paper for
    your output.

    Dear Guy de Maupassant,

    after reading the story “ The Necklace”, I realized


    that _________________
    I learned that_________________

    Sincerely yours,
    ___________
    MARXIST LITERARY APPROACH
    • Literature reflects class struggle and materialism:
    think how often the wealth traditionally defines
    characters.
    MARXIST LITERAARY APPROACH
    • Marxist, generally view literature “ not as works
    created in accordance with timeless artistic
    criteria but as products of the economic and
    ideological determinants specific to that era
    “( Abrams 149).

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