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READER RESPONSE CRITICISM

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Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory

" A reader makes a poem as he reads, He does not see an unalterable meaning that lies within the text. He creats meaning from the confrontation."

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Louise Rosenblatt , Said :

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READER RESPONSE CRITICISM

Focuses on how a literary text affects the mind of the reader, viewing the meaning of a text as the product of the interaction between the reader and the text. This approach takes as a fundamental principle that in “literature" exists not as an object upon a printed page, but as an operation between the physical text and the mind of a reader.

How you as a reader, how you respond.

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Reader Response Criticism

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According to reader - response critics, literary texts do not “contain" a meaning, meaning derive only from the act at individual readings. It studies the assumptions the reader brings to the text, which it sees as based on the interpretive strategies the reader has learned in a particular interpretive community.

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This type of criticism describes what happens in the readers mind while interpreting a text. A reader - response criticism might also explore the impact of a particular text on his or her own ideas or values. For example, one might reflect on how a particular character seems admirable or unlikable and why. One might reflect on how ones religious, culture or social values, affect readings, it also overlaps with gender criticism in exploring how men and women may read the same text with different assumptions.

It's not unified

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Assumption 1 The reader's response is what counts. Assumption 2 Readers actively create meaning as they read based on the goals and rules in which they or their community believe. Assumption 3 Responding to a text is a personal process, but it should be shared with others to enrich another’s response.

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KEY ASSUMPTIONS

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Affect : Verb, the act of creating a response in you. Effect : Noun, the response the work creates in you. Expectation / Anticipation Implied Reader : The reader you think the author had in mind while writing thework. Subjective response

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Useful vocabulary of reader response criticism.

One thing you can do with a reader response criticism is talk about what an ideal reader might do with this text, what kind of audience reads it, how do they react to it. You could also discover how this text might be read interpretations from a variety of readers.

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You can of course always use personal engagement as a way to doing reader response but it’s not about how it makes you feel.

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IT'S DUMB !

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The meaning of text is not really there until a reader engages with it, because after all what I bring to the table can very much influence the way I read, but doing reader response criticism is a little bit complicated because after all each of us are different people and each of us will have a different respond to the text perhaps. So if every reader is different how can a one person Write meaningful piece of reader response criticism that other people would be interesting in reading? That’s a Little bit more complicated.

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THE READER ENGAEGS WITH THE TEXT .

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