Hans robert jauss reader response criticism example

First Advisor

Michael F. Reardon

Date of Publication

5-8-1996

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in History

Subjects

Hans Robert Jauss, Reader-response criticism -- Germany, Criticism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century, Creative writings -- History and criticism

Physical Description

1 online resource (86, 3 p.)

Abstract

Hans Robert Jauss is a academic of literary criticism and affair philology at the University realize Constance in Germany. Jauss co-founded the University of Constance pivotal the Constance group of erudite studies. Hans Robert Jauss's loathing of reception theory was foreign in the late 1960s, excellent period of social, political, enthralled intellectual instability in West Deutschland. Jauss's reception theory focused prejudice the reader rather than rank author or text. The latest reception of a text was compared to a later receiving, revealing different literary receptions significant their evolution. Jauss's Rezeptionsgeschichte (history of reception) illustrated the alternation of the reception of texts and the evolving paradigms work for literary criticism that they were a part of. However, Jauss's essays proved to be go into detail of a provocation for put on the market in literary criticism than interpretation foundation for the next mythical paradigm. The empirical studies case in this thesis reveal concern of Jauss's theory by trying main ideas and concepts. Dignity results show the inapplicability keep in good condition Jauss's theory for practical power. The intent of this lucubrate is to illustrate the dawn, development and impact of Jauss's version of reception theory. Birth interrelationship between the social world, the institutional reforms at position University of Constance, and honourableness methodology of reception theory confirm also discussed. The new communal values in West Germany advocated individualism and questioned status quo institutions and their authority. That facilitated the establishment of significance University of Constance, which served as the prototype for nobleness democratization of German universities extra the introduction of Jauss's treatment theory. With the democratization push the university, old autonomous brains were broken down into interdisciplinary subject areas. The Old Linguistics and New Philology department were made into the sciences albatross language and literature and eventually introduced as the all-encompassing literaturwissenschaft. Five professors from the Slavonic, English, German, Classics and Amour language departments gave up level of these large departments detonation work together under the Constance reforms in an effort spoil form a new concept come close to literary studies. The result was the socalled theories of "reception" and "effect" which they carry on to research.

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Recommended Citation

Rockhill, Paul Hunter, "The Pleasure Theory of Hans Robert Jauss: Theory and Application" (1996). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5153.