ENG280H5 Lecture 9: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE: APPROACHING MARXISM (03-11-09)
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Lecture 9: critical approaches to literature: approaching marxism (03-11-19) Marxist literary critics: take literature and presuppose the work says something about existing society, determine whether literature tells truth about society or is delusional about society. Marxism and ideology: when looking at social transformation, need to distinguish between material transformation of economic conditions of production and ideological forms (marx, one has more truth value than other. Lukacs proposes to uncover ideological meanings underlying and determining contrasting styles of realism and modernism. To take an example: the monologue interieur (17) In realism, interior monologue is technical device that lets author explore aspects of character not otherwise available through physical action: motivations, impressions, feelings, thoughts, etc. Lukacs clearly prefers traditional form of story-telling predating capitalism modernist literature is lit of capitalist era: pre-capitalist literature associated with development and change within history (marxist theory) while capitalist literature associated with static history (capitalist dominance)
