Reader Response Theory
Reader response theory focuses on the reader' response to the literary text with the various approaches and seek the diversity of the readers to the literary work. It gives full freedom to interpret the text. This theory believes that meaning of the text is affected by the factor like knowledge, experience, mood and the purpose of the reading. This theory is against the new criticism. New criticisms believes on the role of the readers in finding the meaning of the text and also believes on the timeless meaning of text is contained in the text alone. And this meaning does not change along with the reader’s response. In the reader response theory, responses of the text impact by ones knowledge, emotions purpose of reading. And the knowledge, understanding is differ in each person and it impact by the society, family, biologically changes, culture, the way ones grow up. Different readers have different personality. They have their own social background and identity. C...