Marxist Theory
This philosopher co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto" with Marx
A) Hegel B) Lenin C) Engels D) Trotsky
C) Engels
This term describes the working class in Marxist theory
A) Bourgeoisie B) Proletariat C) Aristocracy D) Intelligentsia
B) Proletariat
This author wrote "Culture and Society," connecting literature to class struggle.
A) Terry Eagleton B) Raymond Williams C) Georg Lukács D) Pierre Bourdieu
B) Raymond Williams
Medea's exile represents this Marxist concept
A) Class mobility B) Alienation C) False consciousness D) Cultural hegemony
B) Alienation
In Marxist criticism, this represents the means of production in Medea
A) Golden fleece B) Dragon's teeth C) Magic potions D) Royal palace
A) Golden fleece
This concept describes how ruling ideas reflect ruling class interests
A) Base/superstructure B) Dialectical materialism C) Cultural hegemony D) Historical materialism
C) Cultural hegemony
This describes the economic foundation determining social consciousness
A) Superstructure B) Base C) Dialectic D) Praxis
B) Base
This critic analyzed how novel form reflects bourgeois society
A) Jameson B) Benjamin C) Lukács D) Althusser
C) Lukács
Jason's new marriage represents this economic concept
A) Capital accumulation B) Commodity fetishism C) Surplus value D) Social mobility
A) Capital accumulation
The Chorus represents this class concept in Medea
A) Lumpenproletariat B) Petite bourgeoisie C) Class consciousness D) False consciousness
C) Class consciousness
This concept describes how economic conditions determine cultural/social development throughout history
A) Historical determinism B) Dialectical materialism C) Material historicism D) Economic evolutionism
C) Material historicism
When a subordinate class internalizes and accepts dominant class ideology as natural
A) Social conditioning B) Class consciousness C) Cultural assimilation D) False consciousness
D) False consciousness
The process by which literature reinforces dominant power structures while appearing neutral
A) Ideological apparatus B) Cultural reproduction C) Systemic naturalization D) Social normalization
C) Systemic naturalization
Medea's supernatural powers represent this contradiction in class analysis
A) Lumpen resistance B) Superstructural autonomy C) Base determination D) Cultural capital
B) Superstructural autonomy
The poisoned gifts represent this economic concept of value appearing natural while masking exploitation
A) Use value B) Exchange value C) Commodity fetishism D) Value form
C) Commodity fetishism
The contradiction between society's productive capacity and its economic organization
A) Productive antagonism B) Material dialectic C) Forces/relations contradiction D) Economic antithesis
C) Forces/relations contradiction
When economic power translates into cultural dominance through institutional control
A) Cultural hegemony B) Social capital C) Symbolic violence D) Institutional power
A) Cultural hegemony
Literary form's relationship to modes of production in historical development
A) Generic determination B) Historical materialism C) Formal dialectics D) Material aesthetics
B) Historical materialism
The Chorus's shifting loyalty represents this concept of class alliance reformation
A) Class realignment B) Social reorganization C) Hegemonic restructuring D) Power redistribution
C) Hegemonic restructuring
Q: Corinth's wealth represents this concept of accumulated dead labor dominating living labor
A) Capital ossification B) Value crystallization C) Labor reification D) Wealth objectification
C) Labor reification
The process by which abstract social relations appear as natural properties of things
A) Social reification B) Material mystification C) Concrete abstraction D) Dialectical inversion
A) Social reification
When class positions are maintained through cultural rather than economic mechanisms
A) Cultural reproduction B) Social maintenance C) Class perpetuation D) Status preservation
A) Cultural reproduction
How literary form mediates between economic base and ideological superstructure
A) Formal mediation B) Aesthetic dialectics C) Cultural articulation D) Structural synthesis
B) Aesthetic dialectics
Her filicide represents this concept of destroying the means of reproduction to resist power
A) Reproductive negation B) Generational sabotage C) Social reproduction crisis D) Hereditary disruption
C) Social reproduction crisis
The golden fleece represents this concept of value appearing to have inherent rather than social power
A) Value fetishism B) Commodity reification C) Capital mystification D) Wealth naturalization
B) Commodity reification