LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Formalism
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Reader-Response
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Structuralism
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Mythological-Archetypal Approach
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reader response stresses the importance of the reader’s role in interpreting texts. Rejecting the idea that there is a single, fixed meaning inherent in every literary work, this theory holds that the individual creates his or her own meaning through a “transaction” with the text based on personal associations.
Detailed explanation-3: -A reading response asks the reader [you] to examine, explain and defend your personal reaction to a reading. You will be asked to explore: why you like or dislike the reading, explain whether you agree or disagree with the author, identify the reading’s purpose, and.