"focuses on the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"
The study of how audiences read and interpret literature.
Reader response theory: A critical approach that emphasizes the role of readers in shaping the meaning of a text.
Reception history: The study of how a work of literature has been received by various audiences over time.
Cultural studies: An interdisciplinary field that examines how culture is produced, consumed, and disseminated in society.
Ideology: A set of beliefs, values, and assumptions that shape the way people understand the world.
Gender and sexuality: The ways in which gender and sexuality are represented in literature and how readers may respond to these representations.
Postcolonialism: The study of the effects of colonialism on culture, literature, identity, and power.
Semiotics: The study of signs and symbols and how they convey meaning in literature.
Psychoanalytic theory: A critical approach that analyzes the psychological motivations of characters in a work of literature.
Reception aesthetics: A theory that explores the relationship between a work of art and its audience.
Form and genre: The structural elements and conventions of different types of literature and how they affect the reception of a work.
Intertextuality: The relationships between different texts and how they influence each other.
Narratology: The study of narrative structure and the ways in which it shapes meaning.
Authorship: How the identity and intentions of the author are perceived by readers and how this influences their reception of a work.
Literary institutions: The publishing industry, literary prizes, and other institutions that shape the reception of literature.
Reception and adaptation: The ways in which a work of literature is adapted across different media and how this affects its reception.
Reader response theory: It stresses the importance of the reader in the interpretative process of a text.
Reception history: It explores how readers have interpreted and responded to a novel over time.
Feminist reception theory: It evaluates the impact of gender on the reception of a novel.
Ideological reception theory: It analyzes how the social, cultural, and political context of a reader impacts their interpretation of a novel.
Postcolonial reception theory: It focuses on how readers in a postcolonial context engage with colonial literature.
Queer reception theory: It analyzes the ways in which sexual orientation and gender identity influence the interpretation of a text.
Psychological reception theory: It examines the emotional and cognitive responses of readers to literature.
Historical reception theory: It investigates the cultural and historical context of a novel's reception.
Comparative reception study: It evaluates how a novel is received across different cultures, languages, and societies.
"in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work"
"focuses attention primarily on the reader (or 'audience') and their experience"
"their experience of a literary work"
"the reader (or 'audience')"
"schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work"
"the reader (or 'audience') and their experience"
"focuses on the reader (or 'audience')"
"the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"
"[focuses on] the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"
"their experience of a literary work"
"the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"
"the reader (or 'audience') and their experience"
"the reader (or 'audience')"
"focuses on the reader (or 'audience') and their experience"
"the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"
"Reader-response criticism"
"focuses on the reader (or 'audience') and their experience"
"the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"
"focus attention primarily on the reader (or 'audience') and their experience of a literary work"