Reader Reception and Response Theory is a critical theory that began between 1960 and the early 1980s. Reader response theory is the primary theory, and reception theory is an additional version of the primary theory. Reader-response theory is the reaction against the formal approach or what was assumed to be the normal approach to text comprehension. The theory of literary reception is caused by the reader's reception of the text. Through Reception Theory the reader can interpret the reading based on his own cultural, life and social experience. With this theory it is demonstrated that reading reveals more about the reader's personality than the text. When you focus on the meaning of the text written by the author you can conclude that the author was given the meaning from his point of view. The reader is not the passive recipient and his or her interpretations will be based on his or her experiences. This theory demonstrated how you can have a single text but have multiple meanings. In literature there are unchanged and changing values. The unchanged values are the plot, the characters and the setting...
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