Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Marxist

Marxist view of Don Quixote

Some of the important key points of Marxism:
The upper class is taking advantage of the lower class which can be seen in the treatment of the characters in the story.
No Imagination in Marxism. They don't focus on the poem or the beautiful images. Its not as important as the underlying message of the text.
They focus on the economic status surrounding the text and who is involved in the story.
They look at the text to determine which class is being valued above the other and which class is being taken advantage of.
Time period of the era is more important then imagination. Not about the artistic quality.

You can find and interpret what a Marxist will chose to point out in a text by looking at the social class of its characters.
Don Quixote is an upper class person who doesn't pay for anything while Sancho is a lower class poor man who takes the blame and beatings for Quixote.

Depends on what type of glasses you wear as you read. If you put on Feminist glasses you will see the text in a feminist way, new Criticism glasses you see it as a New Critic.

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