Blog 8

For the next research paper are suppose to analyze Th Graveyard Book using a literary theory. The three critical approached that i found interesting and that applied to the book are Marxism, Adolesence psychology and Structuralism. i am intrested in there three approaches because they apply grealt to the assignment.

The major players for Marxism are Karl Marx and Fredrick Engles. In this theory the founder Karl Marx saw conflict in the society as well as between countries where the was inequalitly between the classes (upper and lower class). the upper class was said to use their wealth and power to exploit the poorer or lower class. we see where this relate to the book as the bad persons were the ones who were wealthy.

The major players in Structuralism are Ferdinand de Saussure, Michel Foucault adn Jacques Lacan. They believed that society has interrelated parts that work together so that there can be stability in a society, in this case in the book we see the good and the bad.

Another criticism is Adolescense psychology which is apart of psychoanalysis theory which is developed by Sigmund Freud. this applies to the book as we see the transition of Nobady Owens out of chidlhood into adolesence.