Reader Response Theory - can be traced back to Aristotle and Plato - literature’s effect on the reader - sources in the writings of the French structuralists (who stress the role of the perceiver as a maker of reality) - reader criticism became recognized as a distinct critical movement only in the 1970s - less a unified critical school than a vague collection of disparate critics with a common point of departure - “Reader Theory” “audience theory” neutral terms
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Tracy Hall Professor Thompson ENGL 310 Reader Response Essay January 26‚ 2011 Why Aren’t Women Funny? In his Vanity Fair essay‚ “Why Women Aren’t Funny” (2007)‚ author Christopher Hitchens purports that women are not as funny as men because they don’t have to be; that men must be funny in order to attract women‚ but women don’t need to be humorous to be appealing to men because they are already alluring by simply being women. In the essay‚ Hitchens comes off as quite the chauvinist
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The Folly Of rewarding A‚ While Hoping for B Case Study Overview: In this case analysis we shall be examining the unintended contradictory results that reward systems bring about and recommendations in solving the issues highlighted Problem Statement: Many Problems in Organizations are created because of Faulty Incentives and Flawed reward systems that are setup to accomplish one thing but actually does the opposite. “While Mangers complain about lack of motivation in their workers‚ they might
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1) Key Points In the first chapter of The Bedford Reader‚ the techniques of narration and specific narratives are assessed. To begin‚ a definition of a narrative is clarified‚ “a narrative may be short or long‚ factual or imagined‚ as artless as a tale told in a locker room or as artful as a novel by Henry James” (40). The passages go in-depth into the process of storytelling‚ picking apart the importance of each piece‚ and allowing the reader to understand the simplicity of an essay‚ or in this
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Lujayn Hourani Compare the ways in which Othello and Gatsby are presented when they are first introduced to the reader. (Focus on chapters 3 & 4 of Gatsby and Act 1 Sc 2 & 3 in Othello.) Upon reading Shakespeare’s “Othello” and Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ many similarities can be identified between the protagonists Othello and Jay Gatsby. These two pieces of literature (Although written in different periods of time‚ where the dominant themes in literature varied) posed questions of love and
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History of newspaper in the Philippines Journalism started in the Philippines during the late 1800’s. The emergence of several publications was intended to inform and awaken the people about the abuses and atrocities committed by the Spaniards and eventually by the Americans. It encourages the people to become aware of the social and political circumstances at that time. * 1637 - SuccessosFelices (Fortunate Events) is the first Philippine newsletter was launched by Tomas Pinpin who is known
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History of British Newspapers Britain’s press can trace its history back more than 300 years‚ to the time of William of Orange. Berrow’s Worcester Journal‚ which started life as the Worcester Postman in 1690 and was published regularly from 1709‚ is believed to be the oldest surviving English newspaper. William Caxton had introduced the first English printing press in 1476 and‚ by the early 16th century‚ the first ’news papers’ were seen in Britain. They were‚ however‚ slow to evolve‚ with the
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relationship such as the one my mother had with her physician. I have always held this career in the highest regard because of the academic requirements‚ but it is truly the balance between academics and compassion that makes this such a dynamic occupation. Yet‚ the decision to become an M.D. was not an obvious choice for me at that
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Reader-Oriented Criticism This essay will summarize what Reader-Oriented Criticism actually is and how it plays a role with in Friday Night Lights. First of all‚ Reader-Oriented Criticism is the interaction of what the text was written to mean and how the viewer reads it‚ also known as text-reader relationships. “As such‚ reader-oriented criticism is largely concerned with “potential” as opposed to “actualized” meanings of the text to an audience” (Vande 331). The text throughs out cues on how
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Becoming a flexible reader There are three important reading style that each student to be a flexible reader. Each has its own purpose‚ a student has to identify his purpose for reading and decide if he is reading or looking for specific information. The first style is Study Reading‚ this is the use when the purpose is to read difficult material at a high level of comprehension. the student should read at a rate that is slower than his normal rate‚ he must challenge himself to understand the material
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