读者导向理论.doc

Reader-Response Theory basic beliefs of RR: The role of the reader cannot be omitted from our understanding of literature. Readers do not passively consume the meaning presented to them by an objective literary text; rather, they actively make the meaning they find in literature. contrasting emphases: the means by which the text controls the reader. the way in which the reader creates or recreates the text. Main advocates acknowledge complementary importance of Text and reader Text’s relationship with reader Reader is necessary third party in the relationship that constitutes the literary work. Reality is to be found not in the external world itself, but rather in the mental perception of externals. Work is not fully created until the readers: assimilate it actualize it In light of their own knowledge and experience. Reading as a process. Method which continually questions what happens in the reader’s mind during the process. Types of Responses Initial emotional ,response,Interpretive,Analysis,Questions, Summary, Arguing with author (believability of text),Intertextuality Rethinking one part of text after reading another. Method involves an analysis of the developing responses of the reader in relation to the words as they succeed one another in time. Stressing response rather than interpretation, question is raised: Do texts, by themselves, have objective identity? Each individual reads literary work for himself/herself Draws on past experiences Molds new experiences from new text Imaginative literature is something to be lived through by reader. EXPERIENCE LITERATURE Personal experience with literature “Participate” in literature. Even same reader reading same text on two different occasions will probably produce different meanings because of so many variables contributing to our experience of text. Why second reading of text produces greater insights. As we read text, it acts as a stimulus to which we respond in our own personal