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Marxist Criticism
 * Questions**

While reading something, these are some questions you can keep in mind while reading, in order to decide if the work is Marxist Criticism:

What role does class play in the work; what is the author's analysis of class reactions? How do characters overcome oppression? In what ways does the work serve as propaganda for the status quo? What does the work say about social conflicts? Is there anything in the work that could say that there is a utopia within the society?


 * Overview**

Marxist criticism sees books as simply objects used to employ the ideology of political parties. They are seen as work and have no free meaning of their own. They also tell about a specific social order, emphasized in the writing.




 * Critique**

We all agree that Marxist Criticism is not a valid way of looking at literature. Though it is an interesting theory, many books cannot be analyzed from a Marxist perspective. The idea that literature is created just to send a political or economical message goes against what a lot of authors write their pieces for. Literature is meant to convey meaningful symbolism, not periodical propaganda.



http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/critical.html http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/marxist.crit.html