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Reader-response criticism
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<p>Reader-response criticism is a <a href="/facts/School_of_thought/FKBqlXLt">school</a> of <a href="/facts/Literary_theory/CK3TAHoN">literary theory</a> that focuses on <a href="/facts/Reading_(process)/HUEBU26z">the reader</a> (or "<a href="/facts/Audience/BtMhrVba">audience</a>") and their experience of a <a href="/facts/Literary_work/CmUDxokU">literary work</a>, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author, content, or <a href="/facts/Mode_(literature)/FrFrQSFq">form</a> of the work. </p>