marxist overview

Based on

Karl Marx’s theories

Marxist criticism examines

class differences, economic systems, and power structures

Marxism asks….

Who benefits? and Who is oppressed?

It studies how literature

reflects or challenges capitalist ideologies.

Oppress

Keeps someone in subservience

Subvert

Undermine the power and authority of an established system

Affirm

To assert a state of fact

Elite

A select group that is superior to others in society

Social order

The structured patterns of behaviour within a society

Value system

A structured set of beliefs that an individual or group holds

Social class

A division of a society based on social and economic status