Study Questions for Iser, "The Reading Process"
- What is the phenomenological theory of art?
Who is its main theoretician?
- What does "concretization" refer to?
- What are the 2 poles of the literary work? What is the difference between the work and
the text? What does Iser mean by the "virtual dimension of the text"?
- What does Iser mean by the "gaps" of a text? How do they relate to a
texts "realization"?
- What is the relationship between individual readings and the interpretation of a text?
Is there a correct interpretation for Iser?
- What is the relationship between the polysemantic nature of the text and our
illusion-making activities as a reader?
- What are the 2 elements that control the process of imaginative recreation?
- What happens to the subject during the act of reading (see Georges Poulet)?
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