Reader-Response Criticism and Literary Realism.
The article discusses reader-response criticism and literary realism. Reader-response critics have no unanimity in approach and view reading as a process eliciting individual interpretations, characterized by indeterminancy, disorientation and surprises. The process of mistaken interpretation is lik...
| Publicado en: | Essays in Literature Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 113 - 127 |
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Western Illinois University, Department of English & Journalism
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| Sumario: | The article discusses reader-response criticism and literary realism. Reader-response critics have no unanimity in approach and view reading as a process eliciting individual interpretations, characterized by indeterminancy, disorientation and surprises. The process of mistaken interpretation is likely to occur in metafiction. Literary realism attempts to convey an accurate picture of the physical and social worlds, appeals to everyday readers and eliminates disorienting strategies. |
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