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The End of "Termination of Ideology":Terry Eagleton's Marxist Ideology

Chai Yan

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The viewpoints of of Ideology and Marxism's Termination were in fashion in the last decade of the 20th century.This article explores the Marxist theorist Terry Eagleton's justification of foundation/superstructure theory.Terry Eagleton reviews the history and logical sequence of the concept and put it in order,emphasizes the understanding ideology from the basic implications of its social,class and political nature,and then puts forward the creative theory of literary ideology production.He criticizes the postmodernism's denial of ideology and ends the theory of Ideology,and strongly defends the value and vitality of Marxist literary criticism in modern age.

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The viewpoints of of Ideology and Marxism's Termination were in fashion in the last decade of the 20th century.This article explores the Marxist theorist Terry Eagleton's justification of foundation/superstructure theory.Terry Eagleton reviews the history and logical sequence of the concept and put it in order,emphasizes the understanding ideology from the basic implications of its social,class and political nature,and then puts forward the creative theory of literary ideology production.He criticizes the postmodernism's denial of ideology and ends the theory of Ideology,and strongly defends the value and vitality of Marxist literary criticism in modern age.

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The viewpoints of of Ideology and Marxism's Termination were in fashion in the last decade of the 20th century.This article explores the Marxist theorist Terry Eagleton's justification of foundation/superstructure theory.Terry Eagleton reviews the history and logical sequence of the concept and put it in order,emphasizes the understanding ideology from the basic implications of its social,class and political nature,and then puts forward the creative theory of literary ideology production.He criticizes the postmodernism's denial of ideology and ends the theory of Ideology,and strongly defends the value and vitality of Marxist literary criticism in modern age.

Key concepts: Ideology, Marxist philosophy, Sociology, Postmodernism, Epistemology, Viewpoints, Criticism, Denial

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