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  1. Reader-response criticism - Wikipedia

    Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or "audience") and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus …

  2. What Is Reader Response? – Critical Worlds

    Reader response criticism is a literary theory that focuses on the individual reader’s experience and interpretation of a text. It asserts that the meaning of a text is not fixed and objective but …

  3. Reader-response theory | The Poetry Foundation

    Unlike text-based approaches such as New Criticism, which are grounded upon some objective meaning already present in the work being examined, reader-response criticism argues that a …

  4. Reader Response Theory - Literary and Critical Theory - Oxford ...

    Apr 21, 2021 · Reader response theory identifies the significant role of the reader in constructing textual meaning. In acknowledging the reader’s essential role, reader response diverges from …

  5. Reader-Response Criticism | Introduction to Literature

    We have examined many schools of literary criticism. Here you will find an in-depth look at one of them: Reader-Response. Reader-response suggests that the role of the reader is essential to …

  6. Reader-response theory | Art and Literature Class Notes

    Reader-response theory shifted literary criticism's focus from the text to the reader's experience. It emerged in the mid-20th century, challenging the idea of fixed meanings and emphasizing …

  7. Reader-Response Criticism - Writing Commons

    Reader-response criticism, or reader-oriented criticism, focuses on the reading process. As Charles Bressler notes in Literary Criticism, the basic assumption of reader-oriented criticism …

  8. Reader-Response Criticism – Literature Handbook

    Reader-response criticism argues that literature should be viewed as a performing art in which each reader creates their own, possibly unique, text-related performance.

  9. 4.9: Reader-Response Criticism In Brief - Humanities LibreTexts

    This page discusses reader-response criticism, a literary theory that focuses on the reader's experience and interpretation rather than the author's intent or the text's content.

  10. Reader Response Methods | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Reader Response Methods, or Reader-Response theory, is an approach in literary analysis that emphasizes the reader's role in creating meaning from a text. Unlike traditional methods that …