What is the "Reader Response" theory?

Answer by  KLR (606)

The Reader-response criticism is a literary point of view that highlights the reader's reaction to a literary work or book. Most other views focus on the author or the text itself.

Answer by  raj87sk (74)

"Reader Response" theory that focus on the reader and his or her experience of a literary work.This theory recognizes the reader as an active agent who imparts"real existence" to the work and completes its meaning through interpretation.This theory also argues that literature should be viewed as a performing art.