Reader-response theory, a type of literary theory that arose in reaction to formalist literary criticism, has endeavored to shift the emphasis in the interpretation of literature from the text itself to the contributions of readers to the meaning of a text. βββ
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Which one of the following βββββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββββββββ ββββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββββββββββ βββββββ
a translator who ββββββββββ β ββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ
Word for word translations donβt give any room for individual interpretations, so this does not show the principles of reader-response theory. This is closer to formalism, which
a music critic βββ βββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββ βββ ββ βββββ βββββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββ ββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
The reader-response theory is about what readers bring to the meaning of a text; this example about playing music on period-specific instruments has nothing to do with the principles of reader-response theory.
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Reader-response theory is about readersβ interpretations, not about the authorβs personal concerns.
a folk artist βββ ββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ β βββ ββ βββββββββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββββββ
Reader-response theory is about the meaning that comes from
a director who ββββ β ββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββ ββββββββββββββββββ βββββ ββ ββββ β βββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ ββββ
This example is about how one personβs interpretation (the director) can bring a new understanding of a work (the Shakespeare play), even long after the work was written. This reflects the
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