Marxist Literary Theory Quiz

Who wrote the foundational text The Communist Manifesto?

• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

• Louis Althusser

• Raymond Williams

• Terry Eagleton

• Not Attempted

Which of the following is NOT a key concept in Marxist criticism?

• Ideology

• Base and superstructure

• Defamiliarization

• Class struggle

• Not Attempted

Who wrote Literature and Revolution (1924), applying Marxism to literary theory?

• Terry Eagleton

• Leon Trotsky

• Georg Lukács

• Raymond Williams

• Not Attempted

The concept of "base and superstructure" in Marxist theory refers to:

• The relationship between economic foundation and cultural institutions

• The structure of a novel

• The hierarchy of genres

• The plot and subplot

• Not Attempted

Who is the author of Marxism and Literature (1977)?

• Terry Eagleton

• Raymond Williams

• Louis Althusser

• Fredric Jameson

• Not Attempted

Which term did Louis Althusser introduce to describe the institutions that transmit ideology?

• Hegemony

• Ideological State Apparatuses

• Historicism

• Commodity fetishism

• Not Attempted

Which Marxist critic wrote The Political Unconscious?

• Terry Eagleton

• Raymond Williams

• Fredric Jameson

• Leon Trotsky

• Not Attempted

The term "hegemony" in Marxist criticism is most associated with:

• Louis Althusser

• Antonio Gramsci

• Georg Lukács

• Terry Eagleton

• Not Attempted

Which of these is a central concern of Marxist literary theory?

• The unconscious

• Social class and power relations

• The sublime

• The uncanny

• Not Attempted

Which critic is known for the book Marxism and Literary Criticism?

• Terry Eagleton

• Raymond Williams

• Louis Althusser

• Fredric Jameson

• Not Attempted