How does Wolfgang Iser envision the reader ?
Correct answer: A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author's intention.
- A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by an author's intention.
- B. The reader is sublimated beneath the author.
- C. The reader is less important than the author's context.
- D. The reader is totally subject to the author's intention.
Explanation
For Iser, a text contains gaps or indeterminacies that the reader actively completes during interpretation. This gives the reader a productive role rather than making the reader subordinate to authorial intention.
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