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What does the historical approach involve?
What does the historical approach involve?
- Studying broader historical and cultural events when a piece was written (correct)
- Analyzing the literary elements of a text
- Examining readers' engagement in creating meaning
- Focusing on personal reflections to critique a book
Which approach focuses on how readers are actively engaged in creating meaning in a text?
Which approach focuses on how readers are actively engaged in creating meaning in a text?
- Reader-response criticism (correct)
- Psychological criticism
- Formalist criticism
- Biographical criticism
Why is it not considered a good reader-response criticism to say that a book is boring or uninteresting?
Why is it not considered a good reader-response criticism to say that a book is boring or uninteresting?
- It doesn't consider historical events
- It lacks personal reflection
- It doesn't connect the reader with the book (correct)
- It focuses too much on cultural aspects
What is one key difference between historical approach and reader-response criticism?
What is one key difference between historical approach and reader-response criticism?
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What aspect of a text does the reader-response criticism primarily focus on?
What aspect of a text does the reader-response criticism primarily focus on?
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