3. READER RESPONSE
a) The theory falls under pragmatic theory. It intended
to see the role of reader on the construction of the and its interpretation.
b) Literary text have to get meaning or interpretation
from the reader.
c) It is a reader who gives existence to the literary
text.
d) The meaning of literary text is unstable, there no
specific meaning unless the interpretation of the reader.
e) The logic relationship between the reader and a text.
Example of
scholars; Stanley Fish – there is interpretative community.
Individual and
society where;
Individual-is
not independent she acquire value from the community that
shape
him/her to interpret the text.
Society-there group of readers who
share a set of conversation for
understanding
literary work in a text.
