Marxism and Literary Criticism

Unless we connect people's struggle against exploitation with the literature of the past, we cannot fully understand the present and cannot effectively change it. Moreover, if we do not fulfill this obligation, we will be less competent in reading the texts and producing the art forms in question that will lead us to better art and a better society. Marxist criticism is not merely an alternative technique for interpreting Paradise Lost or Middlemarch. It is part of our liberation from oppression.

Of course, it would be strange to think that the views of Brecht, Lukács, Adorno and Raymond Williams are no longer meaningless because of the capitalistization of China or the fall of the Berlin Wall. But today's dominant thought paradigm finds it appropriate to look not at the explanatory nature of Marxism, but whether it can realize its political hopes in practice. Terry Eagleton continues his discussion by standing against this very mechanistic judgment, explaining the rich content of Marxist literary criticism and its changing and pioneering nature in how it explains the work of art. We have a book that is short and complete and knows what it is talking about. A study that explains not only the tradition of criticism but also the meaning of Marxist criticism today. A powerful interpretation of Eagleton that examines literature as a product of form, politics, ideology, consciousness and industry.



Number of Pages: 99

Year of Printing: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 99

First Print Year: 2012

Language Turkish