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...

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Published in:	Essays in Literature Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 113 - 127
Main Author:	Craig, Randall
Format:	Article
Published:	Western Illinois University, Department of English & Journalism Spring84
Subjects:	Reader-response criticism Realism Literary style Literary movements Reading
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