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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
Keywords
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.