MARXISTLITERARY
CRITICISM
By- Karl Marx

Who is Karl
Marx?
KarlMarx wasaGermanphilosopher
duringthe19th century
He is the proponent of this theory. he was
a highly developedcontinent where the
tension ran high because of social
eniquality. according to him , social
inequality was a consequense of the
arrival of the division of labor and
moreover, was what had led to the class
society.

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Whatismarxistliyerary
criticism
• marxist literary ctiticism is the fucos on yhe analysis of money ,
power, and social institutions such as government, families, and
religion both inside and out outside of the text.
• classstruglebetweentherichandpoor,betweenthemore
superiorandlesssuperior.
• markstatethatthesocietyisdevidedintothreebroardclass:

thethreeclasses
by:karlmarx
thearistocracy
thebourgeosie
theproletariat

The aristocracy category includes traditional
notion of nobility of a fuedal society with kings
and queen their power is built up through the
acquisition of land control over political
structures and the labor of thre working class.

Individuals who built their power through theacquisition of capital , they
controlfactories,businesses, and other enterprises. This is probably the
social class wisethe most power and money.
Example:
Donald Trumpand the Kadarshians gaining wealth from hotels, reality
television and clothing stores,both of these clasestend to recieve:
"THE UPPERCLASS"
• Special treatment and priveleges
• Control over government, media,and overall culture
• Exploit the working class

They do not control institutions or political stuctures like the aristocracy.
EXAMPLE:
Your summer job is folding t-shir in forever 21.
• You do not own any part of the company part of the company you only
recieve an hourly wage for your services rather than experiencing the
main profits of the business or any power that could come from it.

In this illustration this
reflects economics, politics,
and the people in their society
and where they live in.

one of the best example of literary piece injected with marxist
theory is the 1997 movie titanic. the movie makes the class struggle
obvious,itportaysdifferenceclassesamongthem.

TITANIC
As the two main characters, Rose and jack are
complete opposite. Rose is a rich young women
who has everything she could want. on the other
hand, Jack has nothing. At the beginning of the film
he is trying to win third class tickets in a poker
game. The way the different classes are treated the
bourgeoisie or the middle class is obvious in the
scenes depicting the sinking of the ship where the
ruling class orders that the third class passangers
are to be locked in the lower decks while the first
class passanger have achance to get a board and
lifeboats.The ship itself represent the class
srtuggle, showing the first class passanger on the
upper deck and the third class passanger unable to
reach the higher decks.

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