His key idea: The "Implied Reader" & the "Gap" (Leerstelle).
Without you, the text is just ink on paper. You make it live.
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In his seminal work The Act of Reading (1976), Iser introduced the concept of the —a hypothetical reader who actively participates in the text’s unfolding reality.
#LiteraryTheory #ReaderResponse #WolfgangIser #Books His key idea: The "Implied Reader" & the "Gap" (Leerstelle)
If you’ve ever read a book and thought, "Wow, I interpreted that completely differently than my friend," you’ve experienced Iser’s theory in action.
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📚 Key works: The Implied Reader (1974) & The Act of Reading (1976)