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This study attempts to clarify the socialistic ideologies of the British poets of 1930s and to compare them with those of Korean literary men who had been engaged in the proletariat literary movement from 1923 to 1935. Facing various socio-economic crisis, the British young poets, such as W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, etc. thought that if they were indifferent to these kinds of political and social situation they could be guilty, and took action for some solutions to the problems. Marxism was the most appealing ideology for them to resist Fascism and the Capitalistic Wickedness. The proletariat literary movement of Korea began from 1922-23. In 1925, KAPF which aimed at the conscious class struggle against the Japanese control and the achievement of the socialistic revolution, by making use of the literary activities and the organization, was founded and led by Kee-Jin Kim, Yung-Hee Park, Lim Wha, etc. In 1935, KAPF collapsed because of the ideological discord among the members and the oppression by the Japanese authorities. The political movements of Marxism by both groups were not successful, which helped to the spread of Fascism. (Daegu University)