From Iser to Turner and beyond: Reception theory meets cognitive criticism.
From: Style
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Date: 12/22/2002
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Author: Hamilton, Craig A.; Schneider, Ralf
In this essay, we review the work of Wolfgang Iser, the major proponent of reception theory, and Mark Turner, the major proponent of cognitive criticism. The two theoretical lines advocated by Iser and Turner focus on the cognitive processes involved with reading literary texts. Unfortunately, bibliographic blind spots in both lines lead to the assumption that there is little overlap between reception theory and cognitive criticism. We put this assumption to rest by comparing and contrasting ...
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