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Reader-Response Theory Is Based On The Assumption That A Literary Work Takes Place in The
Reader-Response Theory Is Based On The Assumption That A Literary Work Takes Place in The
Historical approach, is a literary criticism focused on historical facts or the context in which a work was
written.
Historical critism has also been applied to other religious and secular writings from various parts of the
world.
Reader-response criticism is a literary theory school that reflects on the reader (or "audience") and their
engagement with the work.
Reader-response theory is based on the assumption that a literary work takes place in the
mutual relationship between the reader and the text.
Reader-response criticism argues that literature should be viewed as a performing art in which each
reader creates their own, possibly unique, text-related performance.