Marxist Literary Theory and Criticism

Marxism is a revolutionary movement aiming at creating a world of equal social classes, in which the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat are equally sharing the means of production and property. Karl Marx's theory is purely socio-economic, however Marx and his friend Engels wrote some personal observations and comments on contemporary and ancient literature, sporadically through their socio-economic books and articles or their letters. Literature, in all its forms, to Marx, is part of the superstructure that …

…the message it conveys about the poor and the misfortunate. I actually find that the Marxist concern with the content of art is similar to what is expressed in the Quran about literature, i.e. in chapter 26 (Surat Al-Shu'ara) verses 224-227, in which we find the pure view of the Islam to literature, concerned mainly with the content most importantly, then with the literary values as we can see in the tradition of Muhammad (PBUH).