Quarter3_Module4-Marxist approach in literature .pptx

Lesson about marxist approach

1. Critique a literary selection based on the following approaches: structuralist/formalist - moralist - Marxist - feminist - historical -reader response

2. As we go through with this lesson, you are expected to : Examine a selection with a focus on the power struggles of characters and Analyze character from a selection through Marxist approach. ( Marxist) (EN10RC-IIIc22.3)

3. RECALL AND RELATE Recall the story “ A Story of an Hour” and relate the theme of the story to your personal experience where you tend to sacrifice something because of your personal desires and ambitions. Did you have any regrets of doing it? Why? Why not? Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

4. Study the picture below and answer the question that follow. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

5. Process Questions: What does the picture show? What conclusions can be drawn from the picture itself? Do you have a personal experience which you can relate to the scenario shown from the picture?

6. What is Marxist Criticism?

7. When you read a piece of literature, you’re not just reading a story. So what is that society like?

8. Do the rich and powerful have all the control?? And even inspired the author to create this society in the first place?? Is it like yours??

9. They predicted that one day, the proletariat or the have-nots, will throw off the oppressions of the bourgeoisie or those with means and power.

10. Oppressed- one who is under control by an oppressor. Oppressor- is one who uses her/his power to control oppressed.

11. Now, do you activities and exercises to help your master the skills needed to develop in this lesson. To show how money or lack of it affects a story; To show how social class affects a story;

12. 3. To give the poor or invisible a voice in a literature; 4. And to evaluate whether class and inequality is a driving force in our society

13. ANSWER THIS: 1. The Marxist critic is a careful reader or viewer who keeps in mind issues of power and money. 2. Marxist criticism the question, “ Is the author female?” 3. To show how a social class affects a story is one purpose of Marxist criticism. 4. Marxist focuses on the structure and elements of a literary work. 5. Karl Marx is the founder of Marxist criticism.

14. 6. The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx. 7. Proletariat bourgeoisie are common terms in Marxist approach. 8. Author’s background is relevant to Marxist approach. 9. Gender is the common issue in Marxist approach. 10. The struggle between the haves and the have- not is the main concern of Marxism.

15. Write a letter to the author of the story. Follow the format below. Use a separate sheet of paper for your output. Dear Kate Chopin, after reading the story “ A Story of an Hour”, I realized that _________________ I learned that_________________ Sincerely yours, ___________

16. MARXIST LITERARY APPROACH Literature reflects class struggle and materialism: think how often the wealth traditionally defines characters.

17. MARXIST LITERAARY APPROACH Marxist, generally view literature “ not as works created in accordance with timeless artistic criteria but as products of the economic and ideological determinants specific to that era “( Abrams 149).