Potential Wilfred Owen English questions.

'Wilfred Owen's poetry speaks out strongly against the patriotic ideology which was the cause and continuation of the First World War in 1914.'


Using the critical anthology to inform your argument, to what extent do you agree with this view?




'Marxist critics tend to believe that literature is the product of the writers own cultural values and that literary texts are themselves products of a particular ideology.'


Using ideas from the critical anthology and Wilfred Owens poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' to what extent do you agree with this view?




Marxist critic H.Bertens argues 'the economic 'base' indeed determines the cultural 'superstructure,' then writers will not have all that much freedom in their creative effort.'


Using ideas from the critical anthology and Wilfred Owens poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' to what extent do you agree with this view?