MARXIST CRITICISM

     Marxist Criticism is based on the political and economic theories of Karl Marx. The aim of Marxism is to bring about a classless society, based on the common ownership of the means of production. It is a materialistic philosophy, which rejects spirituality.According to materialism, life shapes our conscious, and there is no other world, there is only society. It gives us logical and scientific explanation, as an opposed to the idealism, which considers spirituality, and believes the existence of spiritual world.

       Marxist Criticism looks for concrete, scientific, and logical explanations of the world. According to Marx, there is a struggle for power between different social classes, and he rejects this competition. History is composed of class struggle. Therefore; according to Marxist Criticism, literary texts cannot be separated from society, history, and individual experiences, because writers class and ideology effects their works. Texts represents reality, reflects the world. It looks like a mirror, real life is reflected in its page. Literature is aesthetically detached from us. Marxist Criticism claims that literature is politics itself, it tries to reflect reality, and politics at the same time.