CAPITALISM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Critical literary theory
• Capitalism
• Belief systems
• Piece of literature
• Conclusion
• Sources

What is critical literary theory?

The set of concepts and intellectual assumptions on which rests the work of explaining or interpreting literary texts. - encyclopedia of philosophy

Cultural background

CAPITALISM

A system of economics based on the private ownership of capital & production inputs, and on the production of goods & services for profit. - investopedia

KEY TERMS

• Individuality
• Class division
• Capitalist class
• Working class
• Criticism
• Human nature

BELIEF SYSTEMS

• profit vs people's needs
• Exploitation of working class
• Seen as opposed to communism
• Reflects society we live in today

CAT IN THE RAIN

ANALYSIS

• Capitalist attitude
• Emphasis of class division
• Property & possession
• Egotism

CONCLUSION

www.worldsocialism.org/english/what-capitalism
www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capitalism.asp
Www.iep.utm.edu/literary/
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