Aesthetic ideology of literature: literature and art are the superstructure of social and economic foundation composed of production relations and one of the manifestations of social ideology in the superstructure. Literature and art are different from other ideologies. They have the nature of imagination, fantasy, image and emotion, and belong to the aesthetic category. So literature and art are aesthetic ideology.

Art reflection theory: Based on the relationship between the existence and consciousness of philosophy, Marxism regards literary activities as a kind of cognition and reflection of human subject to object, a dynamic reflection, and embodies human initiative and creativity. Reflection theory is the cornerstone of Marxist literary theory.

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The basic concepts of Marxist literary theory are intrinsically related, and the theory of literary activity, literary reflection, artistic production, aesthetic ideology and artistic communication constitute a complete system. From the anthropological point of view, literature is a human activity; From the viewpoint of dialectical materialism, literature is a reflection of human activities;

From the point of view of modern economics, literature is an artistic production activity; From the perspective of aesthetics sociology, literature is a form of aesthetic ideology; From the perspective of historical materialism, literature is "people's literature", and from the perspective of media and symbols, literature is a kind of communication and dialogue, so that Marxism describes the overall face of literature from many different angles.