The Catcher in the Rye has been popular with readers since its publication,and critics at home and abroad have also conducted a lot of research on it.But they mainly proceed from the author and the text to evaluate an...The Catcher in the Rye has been popular with readers since its publication,and critics at home and abroad have also conducted a lot of research on it.But they mainly proceed from the author and the text to evaluate and analyze,ignoring the readers who are essential participants in text interpretation in the eyes of reader-response critics.In order to make up for this shortcoming,this article will take Iser’s reader-response criticism as a research perspective,starting from the three aspects of implied reader,response-inviting structure,and gaps to explore the interaction between the text of The Catcher in the Rye and the readers during the reading process.This research is expected to provide a new interpretation of this novel and provide reference for future research in related fields.展开更多
Emily Dickinson is a reclusive American poet in the 19th century.This essay is to analyze one of her poems,Over the Fence,from the theory of reader-response theory.
Reader-Response Criticism emphasizes the leading role of readers in the reading process.This paper starting from the four aspects of background,the protagonist’s name,characters’experience and the design of ending i...Reader-Response Criticism emphasizes the leading role of readers in the reading process.This paper starting from the four aspects of background,the protagonist’s name,characters’experience and the design of ending in Animal Farm,analyzes the horizons of expectation,indeterminacy and the“blank”in the work,and explores the interaction between readers and the work.展开更多
In the early 1970s, reader-response criticism rose to prominence in literary analysis, which concerns readers most, and it still influences much contemporary criticism. Firstly, this paper summarizes the general views...In the early 1970s, reader-response criticism rose to prominence in literary analysis, which concerns readers most, and it still influences much contemporary criticism. Firstly, this paper summarizes the general views of reader-response criticism. And then the paper analyzes the personality of Satan in"Paradise Lost"to show my understanding of Satan. Finally, the paper presents my response to reader-response criticism.展开更多
A number of methods and approaches have been practiced in recent communicative language teaching,the applying of the reader-response approach has seen the effectiveness in the EFL literature classes.Learner autonomy i...A number of methods and approaches have been practiced in recent communicative language teaching,the applying of the reader-response approach has seen the effectiveness in the EFL literature classes.Learner autonomy in EFL literature classes is reader’s ability to regard the reading text as his/her own both in the act of reading and after the act of reading.展开更多
With the popularity of English learning in the world,the demand for instructional materials is increasing,and how to accurately convey the information of these texts to English-learners and provide the learners with a...With the popularity of English learning in the world,the demand for instructional materials is increasing,and how to accurately convey the information of these texts to English-learners and provide the learners with an effective learning experience has become a major problem.Therefore,the role of the translator is crucial.It is found that that translators should make linguistic choices based on the text functions and target readers’expectations,and flexibly adopt the translation strategies,such as addition,conversion,and cohesion to convey the intention of the source author and generate the source context accurately and appropriately.Applying relevant theories to the analysis of translation cases,the paper tentatively puts forward solutions to the problems encountered in the E-C translation of chapter one of Murder Your Darlings and Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser.Hopefully,it could provide a reference for other translators working on instructional texts.展开更多
Drawing on reader-response criticism,this article aims at analyzing the aesthetic receptive experience of teaching imagery through painting/drawing.We argue that such an approach helps students transcend the limitatio...Drawing on reader-response criticism,this article aims at analyzing the aesthetic receptive experience of teaching imagery through painting/drawing.We argue that such an approach helps students transcend the limitations of written words by deconstructing the text and reconstructing the meaning,which,in turn,enriches students’creativity,free-thinking,and ability to describe sensory experiences.Our approach,in this case,is a medium of meta-reflection through which students undergo the aesthetic experience while painting/drawing mediates between the text and students’unconscious mind.The role of reader-response through painting/drawing is to unravel the relational structures that mark this creative process.To this end,we applied this method to an undergraduate class of poetry at Taibah University,Saudi Arabia.The sample consisted of forty-four undergraduate students,who were asked to re-present Robert Frost’s poem,“After Apple-Picking,”in painting/drawing.To analyze the students’act of reading,the participants were asked to write reflection letters on how they felt throughout the process of preparing their portraits and,consequently,their replies were used in analyzing their portraits.The study presents a replicable model for application to other genres and literary texts.展开更多
文摘The Catcher in the Rye has been popular with readers since its publication,and critics at home and abroad have also conducted a lot of research on it.But they mainly proceed from the author and the text to evaluate and analyze,ignoring the readers who are essential participants in text interpretation in the eyes of reader-response critics.In order to make up for this shortcoming,this article will take Iser’s reader-response criticism as a research perspective,starting from the three aspects of implied reader,response-inviting structure,and gaps to explore the interaction between the text of The Catcher in the Rye and the readers during the reading process.This research is expected to provide a new interpretation of this novel and provide reference for future research in related fields.
文摘Emily Dickinson is a reclusive American poet in the 19th century.This essay is to analyze one of her poems,Over the Fence,from the theory of reader-response theory.
文摘Reader-Response Criticism emphasizes the leading role of readers in the reading process.This paper starting from the four aspects of background,the protagonist’s name,characters’experience and the design of ending in Animal Farm,analyzes the horizons of expectation,indeterminacy and the“blank”in the work,and explores the interaction between readers and the work.
文摘In the early 1970s, reader-response criticism rose to prominence in literary analysis, which concerns readers most, and it still influences much contemporary criticism. Firstly, this paper summarizes the general views of reader-response criticism. And then the paper analyzes the personality of Satan in"Paradise Lost"to show my understanding of Satan. Finally, the paper presents my response to reader-response criticism.
文摘A number of methods and approaches have been practiced in recent communicative language teaching,the applying of the reader-response approach has seen the effectiveness in the EFL literature classes.Learner autonomy in EFL literature classes is reader’s ability to regard the reading text as his/her own both in the act of reading and after the act of reading.
文摘With the popularity of English learning in the world,the demand for instructional materials is increasing,and how to accurately convey the information of these texts to English-learners and provide the learners with an effective learning experience has become a major problem.Therefore,the role of the translator is crucial.It is found that that translators should make linguistic choices based on the text functions and target readers’expectations,and flexibly adopt the translation strategies,such as addition,conversion,and cohesion to convey the intention of the source author and generate the source context accurately and appropriately.Applying relevant theories to the analysis of translation cases,the paper tentatively puts forward solutions to the problems encountered in the E-C translation of chapter one of Murder Your Darlings and Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser.Hopefully,it could provide a reference for other translators working on instructional texts.
文摘Drawing on reader-response criticism,this article aims at analyzing the aesthetic receptive experience of teaching imagery through painting/drawing.We argue that such an approach helps students transcend the limitations of written words by deconstructing the text and reconstructing the meaning,which,in turn,enriches students’creativity,free-thinking,and ability to describe sensory experiences.Our approach,in this case,is a medium of meta-reflection through which students undergo the aesthetic experience while painting/drawing mediates between the text and students’unconscious mind.The role of reader-response through painting/drawing is to unravel the relational structures that mark this creative process.To this end,we applied this method to an undergraduate class of poetry at Taibah University,Saudi Arabia.The sample consisted of forty-four undergraduate students,who were asked to re-present Robert Frost’s poem,“After Apple-Picking,”in painting/drawing.To analyze the students’act of reading,the participants were asked to write reflection letters on how they felt throughout the process of preparing their portraits and,consequently,their replies were used in analyzing their portraits.The study presents a replicable model for application to other genres and literary texts.
