Reader Response
The three rules of Reader Response.
What are
1. You can not add to the text
2. You can not ignore the text
3. You can not change the text
Initial question to ask prior to reading a text.
When was the text written?
Traditional patriarchal values represented by female character
What is holiness, nurturing, and unity?
Three types of archetype categories
What are character, situational, and symbol?
Meaning can only exist when this happens.
What is when the reader and text interact?
Author's experiences may be ___ in the text.
What is reflected?
Fantasies projected onto female characters, then internalized by readers/viewers
What is the Male Gaze?
Also know as the "original mold" the word archetype comes from which Greek word?
What is arkhetupon?
The question all reader response users strive to answer.
What is the meaning of this text?
Traditional novel for entry level historical analysis
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Predominate element of literature that is analyzed with this theory
What is characters?
She is the one whose physical beauty may be the downfall of the hero.
Who is the temptress?
Clues, blue print, stimulus
What is the text?
The importance of Historical Analysis.
What is understanding the human condition and social pressures of a particular era?
The traditions of Easter and Maha Shivaratri are examples of this category
What is character?
Sexual orientation, language, socio-economic status, gender.
What is knowledge the reader brings to the text?
Strives to understand the text as a ____ of the context in which it was written.
What is a product?
Female characters should no longer be excluded, suppressed, or exploited.
What is a feminist belief?
Patterns that existed across cultures
What is the collective unconscious?