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Role Of The Reader

Role of the Reader is a theoretical construct in literary criticism that identifies the reader as an active participant in the creation of textual meaning, distinguishing it from author- or text-centered approaches by emphasizing interpretive agency and subjective engagement in the reading process.

521

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28.1K

Citations

658

Authors

203

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

62

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Publications

521

Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities

Edward Proffitt, Stanley Fish · Journal of Aesthetic Education · 1983 · 3.6K citations

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Literature as Exploration

Walter Houston Clark, Louise M. Rosenblatt · Journal of Aesthetic Education · 1970 · 1.6K citations

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The Making of English Reading Audiences, 1790-1832

David E. Latané, Jon Klancher · South Atlantic Review · 1988 · 582 citations

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Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities

Stanley Fish · Poetics Today · 1982 · 582 citations

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Exploring the link between reading fiction and empathy: Ruling out individual differences and examining outcomes

Raymond A. Mar, Keith Oatley, Jordan B. Peterson · Communications · 2009 · 537 citations

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Authors

658

  1. DA
    Daniel Allington

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 294 citations

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  2. CS
    Catherine Sheldrick Ross

    Western University, Canada

    4 publications · 166 citations

    4

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  3. BB
    Bernard Berelson

    Population Council, United States

    4 publications · 316 citations

    4

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  4. LH
    Lawrence H. Schwartz

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

    3 publications · 85 citations

    3

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  5. DB
    Doug Battersby

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 40 citations

    3

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Institutions

203

  1. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    217 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    216 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    385 citations

  5. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    834 citations

  6. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    540 citations

  7. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    108 citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    225 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 40 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. College English

    13 publications · 352 citations

    11

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  4. New Literary History

    NLH · 11 publications · 565 citations

    11

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  5. College Composition and Communication

    CCC · 10 publications · 666 citations

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