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reader-response criticism

school of literary theory that focuses on the reader and their experience of a literary work
Class type of: literary criticism Q1479773

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4 properties
Instance of
literary theory
Subclass of
literary criticism
Described by source
Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.), Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[4][5]
Has part(s)
reception aesthetics[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en reader-response criticism en reception aesthetics ar نقد استجابة القارئ cs Recepční estetika de Wirkungsästhetik de Rezeptionsästhetik de Konstanzer Schule es Teoría de la recepción es Estetica de la recepción es Estetica de la recepcion es Estética de la recepcion es estética de la recepción es Teoria de la recepcion es Teoria de la recepción es Teoría de la recepcion fa واکنش خواننده fi reseptioestetiikka fr Jauss et Iser: théories de la réception et de la lecture fr École de Constance fr Horizon d'attente
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85111643
GND ID
4129895-0
BNCF Thesaurus ID
78702
BabelNet ID
03095129n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11945820q
Dewey Decimal Classification
801, 701.17
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/reader-response-criticism
Freebase ID
/m/021f9d
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3507980
J9U entity ID
987007563109505171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
reader-response-theory
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776705840
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX542701
Wellcome Collection concept ID
anuw63ej
YSO ID
5194
Yale LUX ID
concept/f3aa4649-1aaf-4ae3-8cda-30088b9c9f51

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 1
reception aesthetics
Instance of 1
literary theory
Subclass of 1
literary criticism
Subtypes 1
reception aesthetics
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Summary

reader-response criticism is a literary theory[1]. It is a type of literary criticism[2].

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literary theory

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  4. [5] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary theory
    Described by source → Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed, Basque Literature Terms Dictionary
    Subclass of → literary criticism
    Has part(s) → reception aesthetics
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 5194, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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