Native readers

Analysis, January 19 2007

Literary responses: what specific powers and effects do literary texts have on these readers? Suppose these readers had no literary education (as appears the case), can we infer that their responses are to innately influential features of literary texts and language?

McGill:

Hillyer:

Acorn:

Burnham:

Clare:

Miller:

Clynes:


Consider these responses as a basis for empirical studies of literary reading, i.e., the elements of response prior to the reader's acquisition of literary-historical knowledge, genre rules, or literary conventions.


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Document created January 20th 2007