Literary Theory
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Victor Shklovsky: Defamiliarisation
Lens 1: Reader Response Theory
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The Youtube clip below goes into Reader Response in much greater academic depth, including its history, and looks at how certain critics have criticised it. The presenter also applies this theory to a poem. What are the name of two poems by Billy Collins that she uses as examples?
If you are going to use Reader Response Theory you should watch this.
The Youtube clip below goes into Reader Response in much greater academic depth, including its history, and looks at how certain critics have criticised it. The presenter also applies this theory to a poem. What are the name of two poems by Billy Collins that she uses as examples?
If you are going to use Reader Response Theory you should watch this.