Making Marxism Mutual Karl Marx Troy L Leon Trotsky Sandon B Vladimir Lenin John S Who was Karl Marx What is Marxism Who were the Marxists HowWhen do we see Marxist ID: 489967
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Marxist Criticism
Making Marxism Mutual
Karl Marx – Troy
L.
Leon Trotsky –
Sandon B.
Vladimir Lenin – John
S.Slide3
Who was Karl Marx?
What is Marxism?
Who
were the Marxists?
How/When do we see Marxist
criticism in literature?How do we criticize literature in this way?Slide4
Who was Karl Marx?
Born 1818 in Germany.
After college, Marx hoped to pursue an academic career but got too heavily involved with a radical group of thinkers and had no prospect toward a job besides philosophy.
Marx was forced to turn to journalism and studied the order of social class and political issues.Slide5
What is Marxism?
Marxism is defined as the theories of Karl Marx; later serving the basis for communism.
The main point to take from this is the struggle between classes (I.e., education,
wealth,etc…).Slide6
Who were the Marxists?
Although there were many Marxists, in reality, three came to power:
Karl Marx – the founder
Leon Trotsky – helped lead a rebellion to overthrow StalinVladimir Lenin – helped create the Bolshevik partySlide7
How do we know what we’re reading is Marxist?
George Orwell – Animal Farm
Manor Farm – Russia
Snowball – Trotsky
Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451CensorshipFree expression – “not so free”Slide8
How do we criticize literature in this way?
You have to keep in mind roles, both political and economic, as well as social class.
The statement below is an example of what would be considered a Marxist scenario:
“My father Peter has the intelligence of a child so we, his children, often do the taxes and budgets”.