Postcards from the Dead Critical perspectives on the GCSE English Literature texts ideas are too powerful for naïve pupils […] “These They are emotional dynamite.” ````````` Key vocabulary Key ideas: bourgeoisie Society is capitalist as it is on making profit, capitalism rather than by the interests of all people. conflict Karl Marx The proletariat (working class) make money for the division bourgeoisie (upper class) who control the means of hierarchy production. inequality These two social classes are in conflict which will profit lead to social unrest until it culminates in . proletariat Your A Level Text: Marxist critics would highlight that… Key vocabulary Key ideas: archetype All people share a unconscious’ i.e. a part ‘collective character of our psyche we are not aware of that operates on an type Carl Jung instinctual level. instinctual Part of this is symbolic character types or archetypes. – psyche As we are not directly of them, these archetypes symbolic can only be deduced indirectly by examining human unconscious behaviour, images, art, myths, religions, or dreams. universal
Postcards from the Dead Critical perspectives on the GCSE English Literature texts “These ideas are too powerful for naïve pupils […] They are emotional dynamite.” ````````` Karl Marx Key ideas: Society is capitalist as it is on making profit, rather than by the interests of all people. The proletariat (working class) make money for the bourgeoisie (upper class) who control the means of production. These two social classes are in conflict which will lead to social unrest until it culminates in . Key vocabulary bourgeoisie capitalism conflict division hierarchy inequality profit proletariat Your A Level Text: Marxist critics would highlight that… Carl Jung Key ideas: All people share a ‘collective unconscious’ i.e. a part of our psyche we are not aware of that operates on an instinctual level. Part of this is symbolic character types – or archetypes. As we are not directly of them, these archetypes can only be deduced indirectly by examining human behaviour, images, art, myths, religions, or dreams. Key vocabulary archetype character type instinctual psyche symbolic unconscious universal