ENGLISH 10
Lesson objectives:
Demonstrate Identify Apply the
understanding themes Marxist
of the related to approach to
principles of socio- literary
the Marxist economic criticism by
approach to inequality, composing
literary class struggle, an analysis
criticism by and of a given
participating exploitation selection
in class by examining
discussions a song
Marxism
General
concept li t er a r y c r it i c i sm t h a t
• is an appr o a c h t o
so c io e c o n o m ic st a t u s,
emphasizes c la s s ,
g v a r io u s s e g m e n t s o f
power relat io n s a m o n
p r e se n t a t i o n o f t h o s e
society, an d t h e re
re a d e r s t o s e e t h e ro le
segmen t s. It e n a b le s
i n t h e p lo t o f t h e t e x t .
t hat cl a ss p la y s
MARXISM
• focuses on • Critics
how literary examine the
works are relationships
products of the of a literary
economic and product to the
ideological actual
determinants economic and
specific to that social reality of
era. its time and
MARXISM
Karl Friedrich
Marx Engels
MARXISM
Argued that
all of history
Karl Marx The is all about
• German political Communist the struggle
thinker who between the
Manifesto proletariat
wrote about
economics and
(1848) and the
bourgeoisie.
Politics.
• Marxism
originated in the
thought of Karl Friedrich Das Kapital
Marx. Engels
• German (Second
philosopher,
political Volume)
theorist
historian, and
revolutionary
Das Kapital
socialist
• Karl Marx’s
(Third
closest friend
and
Volume)
collaborator.
Tatsulok by Bamboo
Totoy, bilisan mo, Ililigtas ang hininga ng
bilisan mo ang Refrain: kay maraming tao
takbo. Hindi pula’t dilaw tunay At ang dating bukid
Ilagan and mga na magkalaban ngayo’y sementeryo
bombang nakatutok Ang kulay at tatak ay ‘di Totoy , kumilos ka,
sa ulo mo. siyang dahilan baliktarin ang tatsulok
Totoy, tumalon ka, Hanggat marami ang Katulad mong mga
dumapa kung lugmok sa kahirapan dukhang ilagay mo sa
kailangan, At ang hustisya ay para tuktok
Totoy, making ka,
At baka tamaan ka lang sa mayaman
huwag nang
ng mga balang ligaw Chorus:
magpagabi,
Habang may tatsulok (Repeat refrain ang
Baka mapagkamalan
At sila ang nasa tuktok chorus)
ka’t humandusay
diyan sa tabi. ‘Di matatapos itong gulo
Totoy, alam mo ba
kung ano ang puno’t
Triangle by Bamboo (English Translation)
Boy, be quick, run The breath of many
quickly Refrain: people will be saved
Dodge the bombs Red and yellow aren’t And the old field is now
targeting your head the ones at war a cemetery
Boy, jump, lie down Color and label aren’t Boy, move, flip the
if you have to the reasons triangle
For you might get hit While there are many Place the poor like you,
with
Boy, alisten,
stray bullet
don’t be prostrate in poverty at the top.
out ‘til nightfall And justice is only for
You might get rich (Repeat refrain ang
mistaken for and Chorus: chorus)
end up sprawling on While there is a triangle
the sidewalk And they are on top
Boy, do you know The mess won’t end.
the beginning and
end
Activity: Wearing the Moralist’s shoes
Which of the questions are you going to ask if you are analyzing
a text using a Marxist approach? (Five items)
• What is the lesson • What does the • What does the
of the story? work say about society value?
• Who are the human nature? • What
powerful/ literary
• Why are the devices are used
powerless people powerless in the text?
in the text? without power? • Why do the
• What does the • Do the powerful
work say about powerful have
in the text power?
the nature of suppress the
good or evil? Is powerless?
good rewarded? Is
evil punished?
Instructions: Analyze the nursery rhyme titled
“Pat a Cake” using the Marxism approach.
Write your answers on ½ crosswise paper.
.
Pat-a-Cake
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
baker's man.
Bake me a cake as fast as
you can
Roll it, pat it, and mark it
.
with a B
Put it in the oven for Baby
and me.
