Wolfgang Iser
(German theorist. July 22, 1926 - January 24, 2007)
The Act of Reading = Reader response criticism
"Interaction Between Text and Reader"
Author -->Text --> <--Reader
Gaps, blanks, etc. Examples:
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Official Snoopy site.
Audio : [Hibbs] Stairs
Video: Queen - YouTube.
Sculpture : Henri Moore - The negative space
Carson McCuller’s novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Shelley Jackson’s hypertext Patchwork Girl
Cortázar's "Continuity of the Parks" - Text -- Video
Three Questions
1. Is everyone’s reading worthy?, i.e. how do you evaluate the quality of reader response, or does it matter?
2. What about misperceptions of what the author is saying and/or is there such a thing as a misperception in reader response?
3. How do we know when something is worth reading? Whose evaluation do you trust?
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