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3. März 2015 · A book that introduces and applies the method of Marxist criticism to literary and cultural texts. It argues that the political unconscious is the hidden content of all narratives and that it can be revealed by dialectical analysis.
- Fredric Jameson
- March 03, 2015
- 1981
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act is a 1981 book by the Marxist literary theorist Fredric Jameson. Often cited as a powerful overview and methodological guide, it is the work with which Jameson made his greatest impact.
- Fredric Jameson
- United States
- 1981
- English
3. März 2015 · The Political Unconscious is a masterly introduction to both the method and the practice of Marxist criticism. Defining a mode of criticism and applying it successfully to individual works, it bridges the gap between theoretical speculation and textual analysis.
- Fredric Jameson
- March 03, 2015
Fredric Jameson argues that political interpretation is the center of all reading and understanding of literary texts. He applies his method to works by Balzac, Gissing, and Conrad, and explores the relationship between dialectics and structuralism.
Fredric Jameson transformed literary criticism in 1981 with the publication of The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act. Soon after, however, this book moved beyond literary studies to change conversations about interpretive methods in most disciplines in the humanities, many social sciences, some physical sciences, and ...
20. Jan. 1983 · This book explores the role of literature in culture and society, using Marxist theory and psychoanalysis. It analyzes different genres and modes of narrative, such as realism, romance, and magic, and their relation to ideology and utopia.
The critical response to The Political Unconscious has revealed Jameson's ability to formulate an argument that is explicitly Marxist—mofe clearly so here than in the earlier books—but that compels the attention of not only other Marxists but of avowed II wish to thank Professor Richard Peterson for a careful reading of the first draft of
