Reading literature through the looking glass of theory.
The Harry Potter novels, by J.K. Rowling
Do we really need to tell you what Harry Potter is about? Marxists would love the central message: the world is bigger than school! Get out there and wave those wands!When Harry, Ron, and Herm...
The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
Maybe the most famous poem of the 20th century, this one, as you can probably imagine, isn't the easiest read. Now, Marxists aren't that into poetry, but this one? Well, this one is something a lit...
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Talking animals, super short, and made for grown-ups? Get reading!This political satire was written after George Orwell's own terrifying experiences with totalitarian governments. It's more cunning...
We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin
We is a Russian dystopia written in 1924, before things turned, well, dystopian back in the U.S.S.R. In the futuristic society of this novel, everything is supposed to be utopian and perfect, but i...
Sentimental Education, by Gustave Flaubert
Set around the 1848 Revolution in Paris, this novel is a lesson on what literature does with history. If any novel proves the Marxist theory that ideology distorts reality, this is it. Just think:...