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    This document discusses reader response theory in literature. It explains that meaning is found both in the text and in the reader. While reader response allows for personal perspectives, it can also be misused by adding to, changing, or ignoring aspects of the text. The document provides examples of applying reader response to analyze symbolism in works like "The Red Wheelbarrow" and analyzing historical causes and effects. It concludes by reminding readers to engage flexibly with a text without adding to, changing from, or ignoring parts of the original work.

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    This document discusses reader response theory in literature. It explains that meaning is found both in the text and in the reader. While reader response allows for personal perspectives, it can also be misused by adding to, changing, or ignoring aspects of the text. The document provides examples of applying reader response to analyze symbolism in works like "The Red Wheelbarrow" and analyzing historical causes and effects. It concludes by reminding readers to engage flexibly with a text without adding to, changing from, or ignoring parts of the original work.

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    WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO you?

    BY: ALEX, ISAAC, DANNY, AND CARLY

    so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens.
    --William Carlos Williams, The Red Wheelbarrow

    Reader Response Theory

    Where can the true meaning of a work of literature be found? People


    Fish

    Holland
    Iser

    Meaning = Text + Reader

    Advantages/Disadvantages

    Can lead to new perspectives/ideas Allows for personal relationship to literature

    Easy to misuse
    Adding Changing Ignoring

    Questions to Ask Yourself

    What does this mean to me?

    In History

    Why was the key to the success of 5th century BC Gre Was Hitler a business genius? Why or why not? History not static Many different Theories/Interpretations

    In Math/Science
    N Name 9 Brennan Bosch 11 Scott Wasden 12 Colton Grant 14 Darren Helm 15 Derek Dorsett 16 Daine Todd 17 Tyler Swystun 19 Matt Lowry 20 Kevin Undershute 21 Jerrid Sauer 22 Tyler Ennis 23 Jordan Hickmott 25 Jakub Rumpel 28 Bretton Cameron Pos C C LW LW RW C RW C LW RW C C RW C L/R R R L L L R R R L L L R R R Height Weight 5'8" 173 6'1" 188 5'9" 177 6' 182 5'11" 178 5'10" 173 5'11" 185 6' 186 6' 178 510 196 5'9" 160 6' 183 5'8" 166 5'11" 168 Birth Date Hometown Feb. 14, 1988 Martensville, SK Jan. 4,1988 Westbank, BC Mar. 20, ,1989 Standard, AB Jan. 21, 1987 St. Andrews, MB Dec. .20,1986 Kindersley, SK Jan. 10, 1987 Red Deer, AB Jan. 15, 1988 Cochrane, AB Mar. 2, 1988 Neepawa, MB Apr. 12,1987 Medicine Hat, AB Sept. 12, 1987 Medicine Hat, A.B. Oct. 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB Apr. 11, 1990 Mission, BC Jan. 27, 1987 Hrnciarovce, SLO Jan. 26, 1989 Didsbury, AB

    Examples from Past Classes

    English
    Symbolism

    History
    Cause

    and Effect data

    Math/Science
    Applying

    For Example...

    Spinning Lady Optical Illusion

    For Example...

    For Example...
    -

    The New Yorker

    For Example...

    Where the Wild Things Are

    Works Cited
    "Reader Response Ppt Presentation." AuthorSTREAM Online PowerPoint Presentations and Slideshow Sharing. Web. 24 Sept. 2009. <http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/tccampa-137802-readerresponse-literature-fiction-criticism-literary-education-ppt-powerpoint/>. "Reader-response criticism -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 24 Sept. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_response_theory>.

    "VirtuaLit: Critical Approaches." Default. Web. 24 Sept. 2009. <http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/critical_define/crit_reade r.html>.


    "William Carlos Williams -." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 24 Sept. 2009. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/119>. "YouTube - The President Reads "Where the Wild Things Are"" YouTube Broadcast Yourself. Web. 24 Sept. 2009. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kP6cDoIHRw>.

    Conclusion
    Flexibility Remember, Do Not:
    Add Change Ignore

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