English Literature A-Level
Reader response and interpretation
What Reader response and interpretation means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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How the author's shaping of genre influences the reader's response, such as challenging assumptions or eliciting empathy.
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Related terms
- Authorial choice and textual effects
- Authorial shaping of meaning
- Comparative connections
- Context of production
- Convention, adaptation and subversion
- Critical evaluation and argument
- Form, structure and language
- Genre as a dynamic system of conventions
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