Answer to Question #249022 in English for Bongz

Question

Reader response theory suggests that various influences can affect a reader's interpretation of a text. In a short paragraph, explain this theory and explore why it would be useful to evaluate the extract using the Reader Response method. Suggesy which aspects of the method vould be applied.

Answer 1

Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work. Reader-response theorists believe that the reader's activity in literature cannot be overlooked, and that readers do not passively absorb the meaning supplied to them by an objective literary text; rather, they actively create the meaning they discover in literature. Apply reader-response approach to literary works. Participate in a peer writer's writing process, including peer review. Examine and assess a range of peer-written reader-response articles. Prepare a reader reaction paper on a literary work and revise it.