Today, your goal is to explore the Reader Response Critical Approach through a text of your choosing. This text might be a short story, a music video, a short Youtube film, an informational article, an opinion column, song lyrics, etc. Make sure that the text you choose has literary value. Find a text that tells a story or personal narrative.
The first part of the assignment is to read the text through at least once. While you are reading, be mindful of what you are thinking during the reading. Record your ideas on a word document: connections you draw to other stories, experiences you’ve had in life, other characters you’ve known, etc.
Next, use your ideas to write 2 paragraphs that define both the “actual reader” and “implied reader” reader of your chosen text. Who was the the author’s implied reader? What experiences and connections did you bring to the text that enhanced the work?
Finally, there are critics of Reader Response Criticism. Do you believe it is important to consider the reader when it comes to interacting with texts? Why or why not? Use examples from your life to back up your response.
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