Class struggle in capitalist society as depicted in George Bernard Shaw's pygmalion

Fikri, Muhammad Arijul (2021) Class struggle in capitalist society as depicted in George Bernard Shaw's pygmalion. Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

In a literary work containing very rich social aspects, human understanding in literature will be complete if supported by sociology of literature. This thesis discusses class struggle in capitalist society as depicted in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion through the approach of literary sociology. By employing sociological approach of literature, Pygmalion – a play of five acts written by George Bernard Shaw – is considered as one of the literary pieces of the early twentieth century that portrays the social condition of British society at the era when capitalism reached its height. Shaw himself is a socialist who supports the working class struggle through his propaganda, public lectures, critical essays, and literary works that attack the human exploitation in industrial sphere. The objectives of this research are: 1) to reveal the social conditions in capitalist society in England in the end of nineteenth century and the early twentieth century as reflected in Pygmalion, 2) to present the class struggle which is done by the main character of Pygmalion as the reaction toward the social condition in capitalist society. These two objectives are formulated in their inseparable relationship with the practices in capitalist society where human relation is always related to the economic affair between the capitalist and the workers. The capitalist has a big economic power since the capital, production machinery, and raw materials are fully in his hands. Meanwhile the workers do not have anything except their labor power that they sell in a very low price to earn their living and to stay survive. The result of the study shows that the social condition in England in the end of nineteenth century to the early twentieth century is mostly affected by the practice of class distinction and human exploitation in industry sphere. Meanwhile, the class struggle which is done by the main character of Pygmalion is the portrait of the struggle of the working class to free themselves from poverty, to release them from the capitalist’ oppression, and to gain the admission from the society that they have equal dignity as other human beings in society.

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