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(1988) Twentieth-century literary theory, Dordrecht, Springer.
Reception theory and reader-response criticism
pp. 219-240
A major difference between recent literary theory and earlier critical approaches such as Russian Formalism, the New Criticism, and the first phase of French structuralism is that there has been a shift of emphasis towards the reader in much recent theory. In both reception theory (Rezeptionsästhetik) and reader-response criticism the role of the reader is seen as particularly crucial. Though reception theory has had its greatest impact in Germany and reader-response criticism is associated mainly with American criticism, there is some continuity between the two, particularly through the work of Wolfgang Iser, who is commonly included in both.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19486-5_16
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(1988)., Reception theory and reader-response criticism, in K. M. Newton (ed.), Twentieth-century literary theory, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 219-240.