Subjective Criticism

Originally published in 1981. The meaning and objectives of literature, argues David Bleich, are created by the reader, who depends on community consensus to validate his or her judgements. Bleich proposes that the study of English be consciously reoriented from a knowledge-finding to a knowledge-ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bleich, David (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:Johns Hopkins Paperbacks editions, 1981
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Table of Contents:
  • Language, literacy, and criticism
  • The subjective paradigm
  • The motivational character of language and symbol formation
  • The logic of interpretation
  • Epistemological assumptions in the study of response
  • The pedagogical development of knowledge
  • The relative negotiability of response statements
  • Acts of taste and changes of taste
  • The construction of literary meaning
  • The conception and documentation of the author
  • Collective interests and the definition of literary regularities
  • Knowledge, responsibility, and community.