Marxist literary criticism is a theory of literary criticism based on the historical materialism developed by philosopher and economist Karl Marx.

Marxist critical literary theory focuses on socio-economic relationships. Critical literary works present relationships of economic domination in clear terms.

Marxist literary criticism looks at the social and economic conditions that influence the creative processes behind a text as well as its ideological tensions ...

Marx theorized that when profits are not reinvested in the workers but in creating more factories, the workers will grow poorer and poorer until no short-term ...

Marxist literary criticism investigates literature's role in the class struggle.

Marxist criticism attempts to show the relationship between literature and the social—mainly economic—conditions under which it was produced ...

Marxist literary theory is predicated on the idea that literature is a product of social forces and ideology. However, Terry Eagleton insists that “The ...

Marxist criticism is based on the economic, political and philosophical writings of Karl Marx, a German thinker who criticised the political and economic ...

Marxist literature show how texts can be a benefit of social change either by illustrating the ills of society and/or creating a solution to the problem.

A form of cultural criticism that applies Marxist theory to the interpretation of cultural texts.