understanding reader response theory mrs. leach ap literature chapel hill high school
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UNDERSTANDINGREADER RESPONSE THEORY
Mrs. Leach AP LiteratureChapel Hill High School
WHAT IS LITERATURE?Consider the following in your definition: scope, content, composition, audience, and genre.
THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY SAYS LITERATURE IS “WRITINGS WHOSE VALUE LIES IN THE BEAUTY OF FORM OR EMOTIONAL EFFECT.”
LITERATURE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST MANKIND’S ENTIRE BODY OF WRITING
YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF LITERATURE!
Meaning& interpretations
YOU READING
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.
TURN IN THE ORANGE BOOK TO THE READER RESPONSE SECTION.
*EXPERIENCES*ATTITUDES*EXPECTATIONS*KNOWLEDGE*CULTURE
What do you bring as the reader?
In AP Language, you learned about the RHETORICAL TRIANGLE. This year, our focus will be on the READER’S TRIANGLE.
The Writer’s Triangle
SPEAKER
AUDIENCE SUBJECT
LAST YEAR
THE READER’S TRIANGLE
The Reader’s Triangle
EVENT
READER TEXT
THIS YEAR
TEXT
Includes: cues, genre, aims
READER
Includes: Expectations, Experience, and Attitude
EVENT
Includes: Interpretation, Meaning, Appreciation, and Application
