What is Iser's concept of the implied reader?

The implied reader is the role constructed within the text itself — the position the text inscribes for its reader — distinct from any real historical reader.

What is Fish's concept of interpretive communities?

Interpretive communities are groups that share reading conventions and strategies. For Fish, these communities — not individual readers or texts — determine what counts as meaning.

UGC NET English — Paper II

Reader-Response Theory — UGC NET MCQs

25 past-paper pattern questions across all 5 UGC NET question types. Covers Iser (implied reader, gaps), Jauss (horizon of expectations), Fish (interpretive communities), Rosenblatt (transactional theory), Holland, Booth, Hirsch.

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Wolfgang Iser's concept of the 'implied reader' refers to:

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