reader-response
Meaning through reception
Reader-response is a school of literary criticism that emphasizes the reader's role in creating meaning.
Rather than treating a text as having fixed meaning determined by the author, reader-response theory holds that meaning emerges from the interaction between text and reader: Reader-response critics argue that no two readings of a poem are identical.
Judgment of faults
- interpretiveExplaining meaning or significance
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
transactional · reception · horizon · expectations · meaning-making · literary · subjectivity · constructivism
What something signifies
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
- personalRelating to one's self
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
understanding · perspective · individual · emotional · intellectual · active · construction · dialogue
Educational instruction space
- discussionExchange of ideas
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- reflectionReturned light or thought
student-centered · workshop · dialogue · scaffolding · prompts · literature · circles · questioning
Methodical study of parts
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- reviewCritical written assessment
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
commentary · feedback · annotation · marginalia · blog · opinion · impression · judgment
criticism
Judgment of faults
- interpretiveExplaining meaning or significance
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
hermeneutics · transactional · reception · horizon · expectations · meaning-making · literary · subjectivity · constructivism · indeterminacy
meaning
What something signifies
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
- personalRelating to one's self
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
engagement · understanding · perspective · individual · emotional · intellectual · active · construction · dialogue · interaction
classroom
Educational instruction space
- discussionExchange of ideas
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
reflection · student-centered · workshop · dialogue · scaffolding · prompts · literature · circles · questioning · engagement
analysis
Methodical study of parts
evaluation · commentary · feedback · annotation · marginalia · blog · opinion · impression · judgment · appreciation
- literary criticismliterary theory, literary analysis, New Criticism, criticism, literary critique
- literary theorystructuralism, deconstruction, formalism, post-structuralism, poetics
- theoriesatomic theory, theory, chaos theory, cell theory, game theory
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
- biblical criticismredaction criticism, textual analysis, historical criticism, literary analysis, literary forms
reader-responseNew Criticism
Text-autonomous literary analysis
reader, response, read, respond, reads, reading, readings, readable, unreadable