Reader Response

What is reader-response criticism?

• Reader response theory which focuses on the reader's reaction to a text

• A critical type of essay format

• A species of ducks

• A response based criticism which a reader submits to the authorities

Who is the subjective criticism connected to?

• Hans Robert Jauss

• David Bleich

• Stanley Fish

• Michel de Certeau

Who emphasized the temporal nature of the reading process?

• Hans Robert Jauss

• Stanley Fish

• David Bleich

• Michel de Certeau

Who figured reading as an act of poaching?

• Hans Robert Jauss

• Stanley Fish

• David Bleich

• Michel de Certeau

Which Critical Lens examines the reader’s personal experiences or ability to relate to events within the text is a crucial part of the reading experience

• Reader Response

• New Criticism/Formalism

• Marxist

• Biographical

• Feminist

What type of criticism focuses mainly on your own reaction to the text?

• Archetypal Criticism

• Reader Response Criticism

• Formalist Criticism

• New Criticism

Which critical lens examines the reader’s personal experiences or ability to relate to events within the text is a crucial part of the reading experience?

• Marxist

• New Criticism/Formalism

• Reader Response

• Biographical

• Feminist

How much did you enjoy reading "The Raven"?

• I loved it and thought it was a cool story!

• It was pretty good.

• It was okay. Not good but not bad.

• I did not like it very much.

How would you classify your reading experience of "Born A Crime"? (This is a poll, just answer honestly, there is no right or wrong answer.)

• Best book EVER :D

• enjoyable read :)

• I didn´t mind reading it, but didn´t love it either

• I couldn´t force myself to finish it :(

• I never read our class readings

What does textual poaching mean?

• when the average person simply reads texts and ingests all of the material without taking time to interpret

• when the average person goes to the shopping center and lifts a text off of the shelves and walks out with it without detecting any alarms

• A technique which focuses on the reader's reaction to a text

• The thing you do with eggs