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Marxist literary criticism is a theory of literary criticism based on the historical materialism developed by philosopher and economist Karl Marx.Marxist critics argue that even art and literature themselves form social institutions and have specific ideological functions, based on the background and ideology of their authors.
Western Marxism, Marxist hermeneutics, Marxist humanism: Amadeo Bordiga: Ercolano, Kingdom of Italy: Formia, Italy: Italian 1889–1970 Italian Left communism, Leninism: Bertolt Brecht [6] Augsburg, German Empire: East Berlin, East Germany: German 1898–1956 Marxist literary criticism: Nikolai Bukharin: Moscow, Russian Empire
Marxist literary criticism is a loose term describing literary criticism based on socialist and dialectic theories. [153] Marxist criticism views literary works as reflections of the social institutions from which they originate. According to Marxists, even literature is a social institution with a specific ideological function based on the ...
Marxist aesthetics is a theory of aesthetics based on, or derived from, the theories of Karl Marx. It involves a dialectical and materialist , or dialectical materialist , approach to the application of Marxism to the cultural sphere, specifically areas related to taste such as art, beauty, and so forth.
Myths of Power: A Marxist Study of the Brontës (1975) Criticism & Ideology (1976) Marxism and Literary Criticism (1976) Walter Benjamin, or Towards a Revolutionary Criticism (1981) The Rape of Clarissa: Writing, Sexuality, and Class Struggle in Samuel Richardson (1982) Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983) The Function of Criticism (1984)
Leon Trotsky's Literature and Revolution claims that "old literature and 'culture' were the expressions of the nobleman and the bureaucrat" and that "the proletariat has also to create its own culture and its own art". [3] This viewpoint is common for the Marxist critical lens.
Georg Lukács (13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic, who founded Western Marxism with his magnum opus History and Class Consciousness. Written between 1919 and 1922 and first published in 1923, the collection of essays contributed to debates concerning Marxism and its relation to sociology ...
His interest in Sartre led Jameson to intense study of Marxist literary theory. Even though Karl Marx was becoming an important influence in American social science, partly through the influence of the many European intellectuals who had sought refuge from the Second World War in the United States, such as Theodor Adorno, the literary and ...