reader-response-theory

Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Reader-Response Theory and The Awakening,By Guo Jiao,Main Contents,The Origin of the Theory,Various models of the readers,The Introduction of Some Representatives,and Their Main Ideas,On Analysis of The Awakening,in Reader-Response Approach,The Origin of the Theory,1.The Philosophical Basis:,hermeneutics,2.Theoretical origin:,Phenomenology,Phenomenology,It was first put forward by German philosopher Edmund Husserl in 1930s.,The aim of phenomenology is to go“back to the things themselves,”and to“lay bare the very structures of consciousness itself.,The application of such a phenomenological method to literary works gives birth to what we call“phenomenological criticism”.,hermeneutics,Traditional hermeneutics,is the study of,the interpretation of written texts,especially texts in the areas of literature,Religion and law.,Modern hermeneutics,encompass,everything in the interpretative process,including verbal and non-verbal,forms of communication as well as,prior aspects that affect communication,such as presupposition.,The messenger of the gods,A theory that sees history as a living dialogue between,past,present and future,and seeks patiently to remove,obstacles to this endless mutual communication.,Aesthetics of Reception or Reception Theory,It examines the readers role in literature,claiming that there,would be no literary work at all without,participation of readers,.,Aesthetics of Reception or Reception Theory,hermeneutics,Phenomenology,philosophical basis,and methodology,Ideas and literary,theoretical basis,Various models of the readers,The readers,in reader criticism is different from the,previous readers.,The reader has a,special identity,.He is endowed with,certain characteristics,and performs,special functions,for instance,and he also serves to reveal the nature of,reading process and reading experience.,Various models of the readers,1 mock reader,Proposed by W.Gibson,Created by the language as a theoretical construct,it is one who listens to and agrees with the fictitious author,or it is the sole played by the actual reader if he really wants to enjoy the story he is reading.,2 created reader,W.C.Booth elaborates the Gibsons distinction between the real author and the fictitious speaker.,Created by the author is that his values and beliefs must coincide with those of the authors.For the actual reader,this implies that he should agree to play the role of this created reader in order to enjoy the literary work he is reading to the full.,3 the implied reader,Proposed by Wolfgang Iser,4 historical reader,Provided by H.R.Jauss,Isers Constance colleague,It is based upon the central notion of the“horizon of expectations,”“the set of cultural,ethical,and literary expectations of a works readers in the historical moment of its appearance.,5 the ideal reader,Proposed by J.Culler,Someone who has possessed,or rather internalized,the literary conventions,the mastery of which would enable him to perform literary readings acceptable to other readers,for such conventions constitute the very institution of literature itself.,6 transactive reader,Suggested by N.Holland,One who“works explicitly from his transaction of the text.,The Introduction of Some Representatives and Their Main Ideas,Wolfgang Iser,Hans Robert Jauss,Stanley Fish,Wolfgang Iser,Stanley Fish,German Constance School,of Reception Aesthetics,Wolfgang Iser,Iser is known for his phenomenological approach,to literary reading,a process in which both text,and reader play a significant role.A major,concept he proposes is that of the,“implied reader”.,The real reader,The“real readers”,or members of a particular,reading public,are,historically real people,.To,reconstruct these readers,one needs to know,among other things,the norms(both literary,and social)of their time,their emotions and,attitudes aroused by the work,and the critical,judgements they passed on it.,Hypothetical Reader,1 Unlike the real historical reader,the hypothetical reader owes its existence to the critic when the latter creates it as the receiver of the potential effect of a particular work.,2 There are two types of the hypothetical reader,the ideal reader,and the,contemporary reader,.,The real reader,The ideal reader,The problem is that the reconstruction of the horizon of expectations depends heavily on the availability of historical data or contemporary documents.,A purely,fictional being,It is believed to presuppose the total consumption of the work and therefore demolishes the very basis of its potential effects on the reader.,The implied reader,Against these“limitations“,，,Isers concept of the reader stands as a good contrast.,For a want of better term,the implied reader.,He embodies all those predispositions necessary for a literary work to exercise its effect,pre-dispositions laid down,not by an empirical outside reality,but by,the text itself,.,)The implied reader,as