Marxist criticism is an approach of literary criticism based on the political and economic theories of Karl Marx (1818-1883), a German philosopher, and his fellow-thinker Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), a German sociologist. It interprets literary work asboth a reflection and a product of economic conflict between the social classes. The basic assumption of this criticism is that those who control the economy of the society and also control and influence its culture and intellectual products. This criticism roots in the analysis of Karl Marx’s Base Structure/ Superstructure Model, Materialistic interpretation of History (Dialectic Materialism), Ideology, Hegemony etc . Now we will try to have a brief look at, how it develops, what is the basic concept of itand how it is related to literature in our following discussion. To define the term “Marxist criticism” is very difficult as Marx and Engels themselves did not put forward any comprehensive theor...
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