FORUM DE L' ENSEIGNANT منتدى الأستاذ
Volume 11, Numéro 1, Pages 5-20
2015-01-01

Reader-response Theory In T. S. Eliot’s Critical Oeuvre

Authors : Bellour Leila .

Abstract

This paper shows that T. S. Eliot paves the way for readerresponse theory despite being one of the progenitors of the New Criticism which considers the text as a self-regulating system, or an auto telic artifact. By making a close reading of his essays, one might uncover the roots of what comes later to be known as readerresponse criticism. Eliot oft recedes from his claim of a purely aesthetic view of literature, offering, hence, an alternative to a strict New Critical reading of his essays.

Keywords

reader-Response- T.S Elliot – horizon of expectations .