Deconstructive reading of the great gatsby

War of the Worlds and Marxist Criticism
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Writing

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This essay needs to read a book called the war of the worlds. I will give the link which is about the book. Also it needs to read the chapter 3 - Marxist criticism of the critical theory today by Lois Tyson that i will upload.War of the Worlds and Marxist Criticism Length: 5 pages minimum, approximately 1250 words (you may write more) Task: You will write a paper of interpretive literary criticism on The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Essays of literary criticism should aim to enrich the reading of others by identifying and explaining aspects of the reading that you find significant. This does not necessarily mean you will reduce the story to a simple meaning or message. Instead, you will show how the story creates meaning through its crafting of elements of fiction that may include character, setting, plot, point of view, language, and style. This essay of literary criticism also requires that you make use of the Tyson chapter on Marxist theory, and this will help you decide which significant aspects of the story to focus on. You need to apply to the story Marxian concepts such as: socioeconomic classes like the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, ideology, false consciousness, class consciousness, hegemony, alienation, commodification, othering, double consciousness, cultural hegemony, and repressive ideologies like imperialism, consumerism, colonialism, individualism, etc. You may also make use of Tyson’s chapter on Postcolonial criticism. You do not need to include all of these. In fact, you will probably focus mostly on just one, such as depictions of imperialism and the colonized or the bourgeoisie and proletariat or false consciousness and repressive ideologies or social Darwinism. Use of good compositional structure means that you will have ONE main idea with sub-points subordinated to it. But since all these terms are interconnected, I will require that in the process of focusing on one concept, you make some use—perhaps limited, perhaps extensive—of at least two more terms. As always, you must quote both the literature and Tyson’s chapter extensively, using MLA style citations and formatting. RT19943_FM.qxd 6/22/06 10:44 AM Page 1 critical theory today RT19943.indb 2 6/29/06 7:10:24 PM RT19943_FM.qxd 6/22/06 10:44 AM Page 2 critical theory today A Us e r - F r i e n d l y G u i d e S E C O N D L O I S E D I T I O N T Y S O N New York London Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2 Park Square Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN © 2006 by Lois Tyson Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business Printed in the United States of America on acid‑free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 International Standard Book Number‑10: 0‑415‑97410‑0 (Softcover) 0‑415‑97409‑7 (Hardcover) International Standard Book Number‑13: 978‑0‑415‑97410‑3 (Softcover) 978‑0‑415‑97409‑7 (Hardcover) No part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data Tyson, Lois, 1950‑ Critical theory today : a user‑friendly guide / Lois Tyson.‑‑ 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0‑415‑97409‑7 (hb) ‑‑ ISBN 0‑415‑97410‑0 (pb) 1. Criticism. I. Title. PN81.T97 2006 801’.95‑‑dc22 Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the Routledge Web site at http://www.routledge‑ny.com 2006001722 I gratefully dedicate this book to my students and to my teachers. I hope I will always have difficulty telling you apart. RT19943.indb 5 6/29/06 7:10:24 PM RT19943.indb 6 6/29/06 7:10:24 PM Contents Preface to the second edition Preface for instructors Acknowledgments xi xiii xv 1 Everything you wanted to know about critical theory but were afraid to ask 2 Psychoanalytic criticism The origins of the unconscious The defenses, anxiety, and core issues Dreams and dream symbols The meaning of death The meaning of sexuality Lacanian psychoanalysis Classical psychoanalysis and literature Some questions psychoanalytic critics ask about literary texts “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”: