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Marx defines the base as the social relations between men which create and produce materials that are eventually put up for exchange. From the ... MethodsofLiteraryandCulturalStudies Spring2015/Sections02,03/GeorgetownUniversity Skiptocontent ←History:ASubjectofArt MarxistCritiqueofNovelasForm→ BaseandSuperstructure PostedonApril6,2015byMichaelLewers TherearetwomainpointsofinterestsinMarx’scriticismonliterature.Thefirstistherelationshipbetweenthepastandthepresentwithregardtoartandliterature,andthesecondistherelevanceofbaseandsuperstructure.Marxdefinesthebaseasthesocialrelationsbetweenmenwhichcreateandproducematerialsthatareeventuallyputupforexchange.Fromthebasecomesasuperstructureinwhichlaws,politics,religionandliteraturelegitimizethepowerofthesocialclassesthatareformedinthebase.So,forMarx,artandliteratureareasuperstructureofsociety.Marxnotesthatthereisan“unequalrelationship”betweenartandsociety.Meaningthatamoredeveloped,productivesocietydoesnothaveahighlevelofartisticachievement.HereferencestheGreeksasasocietywheretheepicwascreated,yeteconomicdevelopmentwaslacking.Marxalsostatesthatthesuperstructure“hasitsowntempoofdevelopment,whichisnotreducibletoamereexpressionofclassstruggleorthestateoftheeconomy”.Despitethisview,Marxalsostatesthat“artisdeterminedbyamodeofproduction”.Thisseemingcontradictioncanberesolvedwithasimpleexample.Manyview T.S.Eliot’spoem,TheWasteLand,asadirectreflectionofideologicalandeconomicfactors.Ifoneweretocriticallyanalyzethepoeminthislight,thenonewouldfailtoobserveawholeotherseriesof“levels”whichexistbetweenthepoemandtheeconomicbase,namely:theauthor’sclassposition,spirituality,philosophy,andform.Marxoffersaveryindepthcriticismofliteraturewhichisnotlimitedtoonecomponent(suchasevaluatingatextinhistoricalcontextorinitsformalcontextexclusively).Marxaccentuatestheimportanceallthecomponentstobeevaluatedwhencriticizingatext. ThisentrywaspostedinUncategorized.Bookmarkthepermalink. ←History:ASubjectofArt MarxistCritiqueofNovelasForm→ LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYoumustbeloggedintopostacomment. Searchfor: RecentPosts OntheElegygame TheStanleyParable:AGameAboutHowtoCritiquetheCloseReadingofGames EcocentricThoughtinHopkins’Ribblesdale ScratchingtheSurfaceofRibblesdale Elegy RecentCommentsBrianWagneronTheMoralRiskofBodilessGaming?NathanHensleyonScenesofcommodityfetishism,c.1989JulianaIbeasMoreiraDeSouzaonStefanWaldschmidtGuestLectureCoreyEwingonStefanWaldschmidtGuestLectureMarielleCarteronStefanWaldschmidtGuestLectureArchives April2015 March2015 February2015 January2015 Categories Section090.02 Section090.03 Uncategorized Meta Login EntriesRSS CommentsRSS WordPress.org MethodsofLiteraryandCulturalStudies ProudlypoweredbyWordPress.
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