Reader-response criticism

of the audience is key in assuring that not only the overall theme, but also the desired reaction to the work is attained. In terms of analysis, identifying the audience may lead to greater insight, as depending on individual traits and beliefs, responses can vary wildly from one group of people to the next, and in identifying the audience and their respective feedback, one can hone in on the author’s intended purpose of the work and judge whether or not the work in itself is effective in communicating

“A Critic as Host” demonstrates a deconstructive reading’s understanding of how a citation acts within an extraneous text, and whether the reading of it could be univocal or equivocal. Miller introduces the relationship between a citation and the criticism it dwells in as equal to the relationship of a parasite and host, where he defines the parasite as actively consuming the host. However, Miller does not initially confirm which text is equivalent to parasite and which to host, rather he explores

to me? The answer we give to that question, or many other questions similar to this one, is a reader’s response type question. These questions are aimed to dig deeper into the understanding and thought process of a text. We see questions similar, and a like these at the end of a huge essay on the ACT, or on a reading test that we barely skimmed through. The opposite of these reader’s response type questions, is reading a passage to find the author’s intentions for the reading. When reading a passage

Reading of Rumpelstiltskin Do not abuse your power, do not lie, and above all else, do not be greedy. Like many within its genre, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s version of the fairy-tale Rumpelstiltskin, attempts to propagate strong moral lessons towards a youthful demographic. Many years ago, this concept held true to me, in which, with little contradiction, I was able to draw the three aforementioned conclusions from the classic fable. Recently, however, upon revisitation of the text, certain elements

Reader-Response on Soldier's Home The initial reaction I received from reading Soldier's Home, and my feelings about Soldier's Home now are not the same. Initially, I thought Harold Krebs is this soldier who fought for two years, returns home, and is disconnected from society because he is in a childlike state of mind, while everyone else has grown up. I felt that Krebs lost his immature years, late teens to early 20's, because he went from college to the military. I still see him as disconnected

Implicit Biases in Reader Response Reading Jane Austen has never appealed to me. The combination of dated prose, a general aversion to plots I deemed to be “too romantic”, and my viewing of the film adaptations were enough to keep me away from her novels. When I was asked to read Persuasion for a class, I was hesitant and unwilling to fully engage with the material. This prevented me from enjoying the book fully. I didn’t quite know what was holding me back from enjoying the book, but I knew that

Reader Response “Another rule is, the wide of the walls is the same as the wide of Floor, I count eleven feet going both ways, that means Floor is a square.” (1.185) These areThis is the words in Jack’s head, and is related to the theme “Freedom and Confinement,” which is one of the most important themes through the whole book. This quote shows the reader that Jack’s Ma has been inside an 11x11 room for almost eight years. However, to five-year-old-Jack, “Room” is the world….It's where he was

world. Freire flashes back to his childhood where he gives a indepth description of his childhood surroundings. He uses figurative language such as “the tres were like persons to me”(6). He gives such descriptive details of his “first world” that if a reader was to close their eyes, they can imagine the old house, the

In Tim Parks’ Why Readers Disagree, the author suggests that people take the position developed within the family or community into a larger world, and when a reader’s position does not match with the writer’s, the reader would not favor the writer’s books. First, Parks displays his views on people’s position in the society as ‘system theorists see people as constantly taking the position developed within the family out into the larger world’. This highlights Parks’ theory of people takes position

The essay “ How To Tell a True War Story” written by O’Brien complexifies the idea of truth by furnishing readers divergent approaches on to tell how if a story is true or not, in which its readers had to utilize their own sense of understanding to interpret what O’Brien was emphasizing about truth. Interpretation is a psychological process, which requires a mental process to make meaning of a text. Stanley Fish, the author of “ How To Recognize a Poem When you See One”argues that the meaning of