OBJECTIVES

• Identify the key elements of a Marxist

approach

• Reflect on the effects of social classes

in the society

• Critique a literary selection using

Marxist approach
ACTIVITY TIME!
 FOUR PICS ONE WORD
EACH LEVEL DISPLAYS FOUR PICTURES
LINKED BY ONE WORD; THE PLAYER'S AIM IS
TO WORK OUT WHAT THE WORD IS, FROM A
SET OF LETTERS GIVEN BELOW THE PICTURES
EROWSKR
WORKERS
CITINPSLOIA
POLITICIANS
FORPESOSILSNA
PROFESSIONALS
ENEBISESUMS
BUSINESSMEN
TIYQANULIE
INEQUALITY
MARXISM
 KARL MARX
Born May 5, 1818, Trier, Rhine province, Prussia [Ger.]—died March 14, 1883, London, Eng.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Karl Marx, the proponent of this theory, lived in London at
the time of industrialization and traveled extensively through
Europe. He saw a highly developed continent where tensions
ran high because of social inequality.
Marxism is a cultural theory that embodies a set of social,
economic, and political ideas that its followers believe will
enable them to interpret and change their world. Marxist
Criticism are also interested in how the lower or working
classes are oppressed in everyday life and literature.
Since literature reflects economics, politics. the kind of people, and
the society where they live, one literary piece can be subject to the
analysis not in its feature elements and devices but in its contents.
style of the writer in developing the plot and to the extent of his
background as a compelling contributing factor to the overall effect of
the whole story.
In doing a Marxist literary criticism, one must look for
the following details:
Group 1

• I social classes that constitute the setting of the story (their

importance and role in running the plot and in injecting
ideas).
GROUP 2

• Characteristics of such social classes (as to how social classes

interact with each other and make conflicts between or among
social classes);
Group 3

• authors idea about the prevailing social issues like

oppression;
Group 4

•technique of the author in using the social conflicts:

Group 5

resolving the embedded issue or problem:

Group6

•author' message on the issue or problem whether stated

directly through characters or merely implied:
 QUESTIONS:
1. Why do we need social status?
2. What is the importance of using marxist?
3.How do characters overcome oppression?
4. What role does class play in the work; what is the author's analysis of
class relations?
5. What did Mathilde want more than anything else?
6. Why does Mathilde think she cannot go to the ball to which she and her
husband received invitations?
7. What about human nature—aren't people selfish by nature?
8. If you were Mathilde, would you go to the ball without a necklace?
9. What are the social classes evident in the story?
10. Is it okay to want more than you have?
 Directions: Analyze the picture below. State what are the things does it
conveys to the viewers.
Directions: Find a partner and critique a the song “Billionaire”by Bruno Mars
using Marxist approach. Answer in ½crosswise.

I wanna be a billionaire so freaking bad

Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
ASSESSMENT

Directions: Read the following questions below and choose the letter of the correct answer.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. In Maarxist theory, what do you call those who own property and the means of production?
A.wealthy B. bourgeoise C. laborer D. proletariat

2. What do you call those who belong in the working class?

A. Wealthy B.bourgeoisie C. laborer D. Proletariat

3. Which e following discuss and evaluate specific moral issues?

A. Feminist theory B. Moralist theory C. Marxist theory D. Historical theory

4.According to Marxism, the underlying causes of crime is due to the:

A. the type of economic structure society has
B. the type of working class society has
C. the type of social structure society has
D. the type of welfare structure society has

5. Marxist theory, suggest that crimes is inevitable part of society because:

A. not all members share the same collective conscience
B. the frustration that capitalism brings to people
C. the ethnic difference between people
D. the class differences between people
THANK
YOU