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February 20, 2024
Wolfgang Iser's Theory of the Reading Process
I. Interaction between the Text and the Reader
- Literary works exist in a polarity between the artistic pole (the author's text) and the aesthetic pole (the reader's realisation of the text)
- The work itself is virtual, situated between the text and the reader
- As the reader passes through perspectives offered in the text, they relate different views and patterns, setting the work and themselves in motion
II. Actualization of the Literary Work
- The actualisation of the literary work results from an interaction between the text and the reader
- Focusing only on the author or only on the reader will not reveal the reading process itself
- There is no common code between author and reader from the start, a code may only arise during the process of reading
III. Conditions that Govern the Reader-Text Interaction
- Structures must be described to outline basic conditions of interaction, to gain insight into potential effects in the work
- Interaction is difficult to describe due to a lack of guidelines from literary criticism
- Partners in communication (text and reader) are easier to analyse than the event between them
- Psychoanalytic research on communication structures can serve as a model
- Perception of how others see us constantly informs how we act (Laing, 1966)
- Views others have of us may differ from how we see ourselves but we are constantly acting based on supposed views
IV. Potential Effects on the Literary Work
- As the reader relates different perspectives, they set the work and themselves in motion
- Actualization results from an interaction where the reader composes the message as they receive it
- No common code from the start ensures the message travels two ways between text and reader
- Understanding basic conditions of interaction allows insight into inherent potential effects in the work (p. 107). Experience and Interpretation
We cannot directly experience how others experience us or how we experience others. Our perceptions of each other require interpretation. (Wolfgang Iser)
- Our experience of each other is based on observing each other's conduct, but we do not directly experience how others experience us
- "Your experience of me is invisible to me and my experience of you is invisible to you. I cannot experience your experience. You cannot experience my experience." (Laing)
- We are all "invisible men" to each other since we cannot directly experience each other's experiences
- This invisibility forms the basis of interpersonal relationships, which Laing calls the "no-thing" - that which is between people cannot be named by observable things
I. Interaction between the Text and the Reader
- Literary works exist in a polarity between the artistic pole (the author's text) and the aesthetic pole (the reader's realisation of the text)
- The work itself is virtual, situated between the text and the reader
- As the reader passes through perspectives offered in the text, they relate different views and patterns, setting the work and themselves in motion
II. Actualization of the Literary Work
- The actualisation of the literary work results from an interaction between the text and the reader
- Focusing only on the author or only on the reader will not reveal the reading process itself
- There is no common code between author and reader from the start, a code may only arise during the process of reading
III. Conditions that Govern the Reader-Text Interaction
- Structures must be described to outline basic conditions of interaction, to gain insight into potential effects in the work
- Interaction is difficult to describe due to a lack of guidelines from literary criticism
- Partners in communication (text and reader) are easier to analyse than the event between them
- Psychoanalytic research on communication structures can serve as a model
- Perception of how others see us constantly informs how we act (Laing, 1966)
- Views others have of us may differ from how we see ourselves but we are constantly acting based on supposed views
IV. Potential Effects on the Literary Work
- As the reader relates different perspectives, they set the work and themselves in motion
- Actualization results from an interaction where the reader composes the message as they receive it
- No common code from the start ensures the message travels two ways between text and reader
- Understanding basic conditions of interaction allows insight into inherent potential effects in the work (p. 107). Experience and Interpretation
We cannot directly experience how others experience us or how we experience others. Our perceptions of each other require interpretation. (Wolfgang Iser)
- Our experience of each other is based on observing each other's conduct, but we do not directly experience how others experience us
- "Your experience of me is invisible to me and my experience of you is invisible to you. I cannot experience your experience. You cannot experience my experience." (Laing)
- We are all "invisible men" to each other since we cannot directly experience each other's experiences
- This invisibility forms the basis of interpersonal relationships, which Laing calls the "no-thing" - that which is between people cannot be named by observable things
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