Core Marxist
Principles &
Basic Terms
Maurice Anthony S. Mapa
Recap!
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Assessment of literary work
Analyze the narrative of class
struggle
Objectives:
ICEBREAKER!!!
He_rt of _ark_ess
Th_n_s Fa_l A_part
A Do_l’s _ous_
ICEBREAKER!!!
Mars
Heart of Darkness
Things Fall Apart
A Doll’s House
Talks about the horror
of Western
Colonialism
Talks about the traditional
norms of the Igbo tribe and
the white colonial
government
Talks about the life of a married
woman, who lacks reasonable
opportunities for self-fulfillment
in a rigidly patriarchal society.
• Those who did not earn property
• Workers
Proletariat
Bourgeoisie
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Oppresive class/wealthy
Control the means of
production
Power of
the Base
The bases to know what
class every person is in the
society.
To know the social status of
every person.
Alienation
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3.
4.
The product of labor,
The process of labor,
Others, and
Self
Holm, Cameron L., and Janis Butler Holm. College English, vol. 40, no. 4, National
Council of Teachers of English, 1978, pp. 450–56, https://doi.org/10.2307/376267.
How can we relate the Marxist Approach to
literature?
Cameron Holm
Analyzing the
social, economic
and political
elements
Class division,
Class struggle
and
Oppression.
Janis Butler Holm
Thank you!