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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 38

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Theoretical Paradigms: Structuralism, Marxism, feminism, existentialism, poststructuralism, modernism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonialism, posthumanism · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which of these is/are associated with Marxist Literary Criticism?

  1. Raymond Williams
  2. Frederic Jameson
  3. Pierre Macherey
  4. Northrop Frye

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Correct answer: (A) Raymond Williams; (B) Frederic Jameson; (C) Pierre Macherey

Explanation

Raymond Williams (cultural materialism), Fredric Jameson (The Political Unconscious) and Pierre Macherey (A Theory of Literary Production) are all Marxist critics. Northrop Frye is the archetypal or myth critic.