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February 26, 2009
Reader-Response Criticism
The intorduction to chpt.3 of Keesey's Contexts for Criticism goes into great detail as to the implication of psychology upon literary criticism. The introduction states that: "Most reader-response critics have little interest in authors or intended meanings. The poem exists now. It affects us now. These, they claim, are the crucial facts, and any relevant criticism must be built on them."(129)
This is a very interesting concept and goes right along with the belief that there is no "right" or "wrong" answer when interpreting literature. Keesey makes reference to several proponents of this literary school of thought and I thought that their argument was very sound and practical. The theory that a poem or piece of literature doesn't really exist until a reader experiences it is very intriguing. "This is why human beings need poetry. It is indispensable to our psychic health."(132)
Posted by QuinnKerno at February 26, 2009 3:14 PM
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