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    This document provides biographical information on four influential literary theorists: Karl Marx, a German philosopher and founder of Marxism; Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who is considered the founder of modern linguistics; Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis; and Viktor Shklovsky, a Russian literary critic and founder of formalism. It includes their dates of birth and death, spouses, areas of work and influence, and some of their major works.

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    This document provides biographical information on four influential literary theorists: Karl Marx, a German philosopher and founder of Marxism; Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who is considered the founder of modern linguistics; Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis; and Viktor Shklovsky, a Russian literary critic and founder of formalism. It includes their dates of birth and death, spouses, areas of work and influence, and some of their major works.

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    Literary Theory 

     
    Karl Marx 

    Born:​ ​May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany 


    Died:​ ​March 14, 1883, London, United Kingdom 
    Spouse: ​Jenny von Westphalen 1843 
    Known as : ​a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, 
    political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary 
    Close friend: ​Friedrich Engels 
     
    Ferdinand de Saussure 

    Born:​ ​November 26, 1857, Geneva, Switzerland 


    Died:​ ​February 22, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château, Switzerland 
    Known as: ​a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher, the founder 
    of modern linguistics 
     
     
     
    Sigmund Freud 

    Born:​ ​May 6, 1856, Příbor, Czechia 


    Died:​ ​September 23, 1939, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom 
    Spouse: ​Martha Bernays (1886–1939) 
    Known as: ​an Austrian neurologist 
    Founder of: ​Psychoanalysis 
    Notable works: ​The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Studies on 
    Hysteria (1895) 
    Introductory lecture: ​Vienna 
     
    Viktor Shklovsky 

    Born:​ ​January 24, 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia 


    Died:​ ​December 1984, Moscow, Russia 
    Spouse: ​Serafima Suok (1956) 
    Known as: ​Russian-Soviet literary critic 
    Founder of: ​formalism 

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