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Publication details [#20193]

Enkvist, Nils Erik and Gun Leppiniemi. 1989. Anticipation and disappointment: An experiment in protocolled reading of Auden's `Gare du midi'. In Hickey, Leo, ed. The pragmatics of style. Routledge. pp. 191–207.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

An experiment in the field of reader-response criticism, in which a group of students are asked to verbalize their experiences of a poem given to them bit by bit. The results question the possibility of constructing an absolutist, objective theory of reader-response, but suggest some useful guidelines for teaching literature.