Reader Response Criticism
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Questions to answer in your Congo Diary:
1. What is the central focal point of reader response theory?
2. What is an interpretive community? Why do different interpretive communities produce different readings of texts?
3. Explain the difference between understanding the reader as a consumer and understanding the reader as a producer of meaning.
4. Does reader response theory suggest that any interpretation is valid? Explain why or why not.
5. What does a reader response critic pay attention to when she reads a text?
6. As a reader response critic, how might you create meaning from Heart of Darkness?
7. What do you think are the strengths of this approach? The weaknesses?
2. What is an interpretive community? Why do different interpretive communities produce different readings of texts?
3. Explain the difference between understanding the reader as a consumer and understanding the reader as a producer of meaning.
4. Does reader response theory suggest that any interpretation is valid? Explain why or why not.
5. What does a reader response critic pay attention to when she reads a text?
6. As a reader response critic, how might you create meaning from Heart of Darkness?
7. What do you think are the strengths of this approach? The weaknesses?