Introduction to Marxist Literary Theory

This video introduces Marx's ideas about literature and examines what 20th century Marxist literary critics added to his thought. Please note that you do not have to be a communist to learn something from Marx. Many of his ideas are interesting no matter where you are on the political spectrum.

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[afiya]

14:17 the one example that makes this concept clear

[brandonmiles]

Great video. Marx had great ideas on this, thus did Gramsci, and later Chomsky. Propaganda is one of my favorite topics, that I'm now actually attempting to write a book to help the layman see better through common propaganda linked to the modern war machine.

[hosseinkarami]

Mother of Jesus. You are a genius! Great voice, deep knowledge of the discussion, high eloquence.. thanks 😊

[zeealj.]

I have literary theory exam and this video helped me out
I hope u can make more videos about those complicated theories and make them as easier as a piece of cake like this video
Such as the post structuralism
Formalism
Post modernism

[StefanTravis]

It's not true that Marx regarded literature as deliberate propaganda. Rather, he said the ideas of a societies rulers - including their self-justifying sophisms - _tend_ to become dominant. People gravitate towards thinking like their masters, and this obviously influences their writing. But (1) it's only a general tendency and (2) other things influence the beliefs of the people, including realities that the rulers deny.

[gemafikriansyah]

@the nature of writing thank you for your explanation of marxist literary theory i am from english lirerature department in my university tomorrow i will learn this theory with my lecturer

[Nia-yzft]

This was of great help. You hammered the convoluted theory into an easy concept, with your soothing voice. Thanks man!

[hmarkow]

i would say the relationship between the base and super structure are in a dialectical relationship.

[Anakanueva]

I really loved this video, thank you a lot for this explanation.

[mrsiyengarnews]

Thank you for such a clear explanation of Marxism. It would really help us if your images are focused better. Viewing this on an HD screen is tiring to the eyes because of the blurred images... next time please :)

[santoshkumarrai]

commendably comprehensible. Thanks. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[itznotz]

watched a lot of videos to try and understand Marxist but onoy understood fully when watching this

[jesss]

Thank you so much!!! This is very helpful for my english literature GCSE

[mariapaskaliaaninda]

It to late found this great video. My happiness finally got this one. I hope to get more information like this discussion.

[karadavis]

This video was so interesting and helpful, thank you!

[drjaydeepchakrabarty]

This is the best video on the subject that I have watched so far. Greetings and hearty congratulations from India.

[yassminothman]

I have a question regarding this part where you said "' why do we give our consent? why do we take part in what you might call as an expression of dominant hegemony?" then why? is it because we are psychologically manipulated by the dominant hegemony to agree?

[meeenaable]

I will subscribe for this video. Thanks 😊 🙏

[TheOnlyGuess]

Very interesting since I missed the class about the Marxist critical theory.
Would you please tell me what did you to do this video and the writing on a black background. I'd like to know about this in order to be able to use it with my students
Thank you in advance

[khalidou_DZ]

Thank you for this brief explanation, so helpful of you sir