readerresponsetheory读者反映论

Various models of the readers
W. Gibቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱon
➢ Mock reader or the fictitious addressee ➢ It is one who listens to and agrees with the fictitious
author, or it is the sole played by the actual reader if he really wants to enjoy the story he is reading.
Reader-Response Theory
By Zhang Xi
Main Contents
➢ The Origin of the Theory ➢ Various models of the readers
The Origin of the Theory
➢ hermeneutics ➢ Phenomenology
Phenomenology
➢ It was first put forward by German philosopher Edmund Husserl in 1930s.
➢ Phenomenology, a philosophical movement based on the investigation of ‘phenomena’ (i.e. things as apprehended by consciousness) rather than on the existence of anything outside of human consciousness.
Horizon of expectation, a term used in the reception theory of Hans Robert Jauss to designate the set of cultural norms, assumptions, and criteria shaping the way in which readers understand and judge a literary work at a given time. It may be formed by such factors as the prevailing conventions and definitions of art , or current moral codes. Such ‘horizons’ are subject to historical change, so that a later generation of readers may see a very different range of meanings in the same work, and revalue it accordingly.
➢ It examines the reader’s role in literature ,claiming that there would be no literary work at all without participation of readers.
➢ The reader has a special identity. He is endowed with certain characteristics and performs special functions.
Hermeneutics
➢ Hermeneutics—hermes (_赫尔墨斯);
➢ Traditional hermeneutics is the study of the interpretation of written texts;
➢ Modern hermeneutics encompass everything in the interpretative process including verbal and non-verbal forms of communication.
W .C . Booth
➢ Created reader ➢ Created by the author is that his values and beliefs must
coincide with those of the author’s . For the actual reader, this implies that he should agree to play the role of this created reader in order to enjoy the literary work he is reading to the full.
➢ the act of reading.doc
➢ Gap or Blank ➢ 存在于文本中已经写出的部分向读者暗示或提示的
语言和情节结构中。
➢ AnOverviewofReader_ResponseTheory.pdf
Hans Robert Jauss
➢ For him, textual interpretation is largely a question of reconstructing the reader’s “horizon of expectation”.
➢ historical reader ➢ It is based upon the central notion of the “horizon of
expectations,” “the set of cultural ,ethical, and literary expectations of a work’s readers in the historical moment of its appearance.
Wolfgang Iser
➢ Implied reader ➢ The reader whom the text creates for itself and
amounts to “a network of response—inviting structures ” which predispose us to read in certain ways.