Some Key Questions for Reader Response
On September 27, our class explored Reader Response theory. These are some of the key questions that Reader Response asks of a text:
- What is your first reaction to the poem/text? What feelings or emotions did you feel as you read?
- What memory–of people, places, events, sights, smells, even feelings, attitudes–does the poem/text call to mind?
- Does this poem/text call to mind any other literary work? If so, what is the connection you see between the two?
- What would you do if you were in the situation of a certain character in the poem/text?
The source of these key questions was the small group that presented Reader Response Theory to our class–you know who you are.
How about other key questions . . .
