LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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Question
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Marxist theory focuses on examining which of the following aspects of literary texts?
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The political and social meanings of literary texts
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Characters who are sympathetic to issues facing the working classes
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The relationship between economics and the production of literary texts
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All of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Marxist theory can be applied to literature by analyzing the social, economic and political elements such as class division, class struggle, and oppression.
Detailed explanation-2: -In its simplest form, Marxist criticism attempts to show the relationship between literature and the social-mainly economic-conditions under which it was produced. Originally, Marxist critics focused on literary representations of workers and working classes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The basic tenets of Marxism are the following: dialectical materialism, historical materialism, the theory of surplus value, class struggle, revolution, dictatorship of the proletariat and communism.
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