Lukács's Theory of the Novel and Reification
루카치의 소설의 이론과 물상화
A monumental Marxist and Hegelian literary sociology defining the novel as "the epic of a world that has been abandoned by God", reflecting the fragmented totality and capitalist reification (*Verdinglichung*).
| Field | Literature & Literary Theory · Philosophy · Sociology |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Macro · Structures & Institutions |
| Paradigm | Critical Theory Structuralism |
| Key figures | 👤 Georg Lukács (게오르크 루카치) |
| Year | 1916 |
Key Claims
Georg Lukács traced literary genres to historical stages of consciousness. Unlike the integrated totality of the Greek epic, the modern novel is the form of transcendental homelessness. In History and Class Consciousness, he showed how capitalist commodification reifies human relations into objective phantom things (Verdinglichung).
Further Reading
- Lukács, G. (1916). Die Theorie des Romans. (English: The Theory of the Novel, 1971, MIT Press).
- Lukács, G. (1923). Geschichte und Klassenbewußtsein.
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