reader-response criticism

American

[ree-der-ri-spahns krit-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈri dər rɪˌspɑns ˈkrɪt əˌsɪz əm /

noun

a school of literary criticism that emphasizes the role of the reader's interpretive activity in contributing to the meaning of a work, while taking into account the shaping of this interpretive activity by the reader's personal background and cultural context.

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