Terms
What is gaps?
Reader fills in missing information from the text.
What is an actual reader?
Reader who physically picks up the book.
Reader + Text = ______
Meaning
What is Horizon of Expectations (Wolfgang)?
Reader’s expectations about what will or may or should happen next.
What factors suggest the implied readers?
Demographics (Age, Interest, Experience)
What is efferent stance? Identify and define the type of scope of attention that is associated with it.
Efferent stance is when the reader reads new information. Public aspect is the information that is included in the text.