Skripsi
Humanity aspect of marxism in gorky\'s short stories by Hilda Candra P.K.P
Abstrak
Marxism is a school of philosophy postulated by Karl Marx which is often regardende gativea nd dissertedf or its being insignificant with today s world. Moreoverd uring its practice i t gave itself sucha bad namet hat resultsi n a cynical reactionH. owever t herea re still many good things which can be found inside when it is examinedfu rther. onc of the goodt liings is the humanity aspectsM. arx startedt his theory from hisg enerailn teresti n economyw hich he calls as the main elemento f all human activitiesT. he way manw alkst his ea(h is determinedm ostlyb y his economics tate. The theory goes furfher on how man s needs can alienate himsetf from his sunouncinga nd other humanb eings.H e arguest hat man can lose his essenceb y his activitiest o supporth is living by the way he producest hings. Theseh umanitya spectsn onethelessa re examinedt hrough analyzing Gorky s short stories The Tunnel . Tlie propagandist and Hiw Gioianni Became A sociaiist . The three short stories represent the ideology well since Gorky is a participanot fthis schoolo fphilosophy. In relation to that ttre analysisi s canied out by usings ociologicaal pproachw ith Marxist criticism on Literaturl. Hence i t will payi ts attentiont o the aspectsth at maket he literary works such ast he writer s backgrounda nd the socialb ackgroundo fthe stories. Furthermorc t he study showst hat Marxism is thick with humanitya spectsA. s pigtured byG orky in his short stories t he humanitya spectsr angef rom the relationshipb etweenm an and himself until the relitionship betiveenm an and his sunoundingT. hey mainly teacha bout how to humanizeh umaq to copew ith nature and live side by side in harmony so that tinally everybody can achieve what is called happinesass t he basicg oalo fevery individual.T his is possiblet o ber ealizedb y releasing mafnro m being alienated e ither from himselior from his environmengb y meanso f revivingh is self consciousnesosn. ly afterm anh asa rrivedi n his consciousnesasf t erh e realizesh is capabilitiesh e cant hene mancipathei mselft o be whath e wantst o be without feeling oppressedb y his needsa nd environmentsH. ence theh appinescso mesn aturally. It is hoped that this study contributes something to knorvledge and to the same subject of interest. Therefore efforts on enhancing theitudy are J o- vllt