According to Marxists, and to other scholars in fact, literature reflects those social institutions out of which it emerges and is itself a social institution with a particular ideological function. Literature reflects class struggle and materialism: think how often the quest for wealth traditionally defines characters. So Marxists generally view literature "not as works created in accordance with timeless artistic criteria, but as 'products' of the economic and ideological determinants specific to that era" (Abrams 149). Literature reflects an author's own class or analysis of class relations, however piercing or shallow that analysis may be.
ANALYSIS
"Pangako Sa 'Yo" is one of my top choice of piece when it comes to Marxism. The teleserye reflects a dominant ideology since there's a gap between two classes such as the subordinate class and dominant economic class. The story starts with, when Dona Benita opposes the relationship of Amor and Eduardo because Amor was a housemaid and she wanted Eduardo to marry Claudia for political reasons. The dominant ideology that can be seen here is that when a person has a higher economic status than the other then there's a tendency that the former will be given greater privilege than the latter which is a reality in the economic world.
The teleserye shows the reality of the oppression wherein people in lower class are being devalued due to their low economic status. It emerges from the fact that money is power. If you don't have money, then you don't have a voice to speak for your right in the economic world.That's why this teleserye wants to show the world that the value of a person is more important than money. It delivers a heart touching lesson that wealth and power will never in this world rather what stays forever are those things which are invisible but can be felt only in our hearts.
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