EN 4113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Class Conflict, Restoration Literature, Protofeminism
15 Oct 2016
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We see her more directly in the masculine landscape in which she is operating than we see in behn"s writing. She and pope were friends but were not seen as equals. Writes in a proto-feminist position because she is questioning what society has assured her of. The answer is a response pope"s poem to mollify finch"s criticism of his representation of women. Satire as the feature of restoration literature (as seen in behn"s writing) Psychoanalysis as a method central to critique, rooted in the critique of the norm. Interested in the material reality of daily life and how the material world functions. By liberating the poor from poverty, we are able to change the class distinctions. Capitalism ended up being short-circuited by the middle-class; a problem of false consciousness. Marx saw false consciousness as the bourgeois (middle-class) taking up the beliefs and values that benefit the ruling class. Ruling class wanted objects and status; enabling money to keep going upwards.
