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Iser, Wolfgang. "The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach." The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication in Prose Fiction from Bunyan to Beckett. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 1974. 274-94. Print. From Wikipedia: Phenomenology, in Husserl's conception, is primarily concerned with the systematic reflection on and analysis of the structures of  consciousness , and the  phenomena  which appear in acts of consciousness. Such reflection was to take place from a highly modified "first person" viewpoint, studying phenomena not as they appear to "my" consciousness, but to any consciousness whatsoever. Husserl believed that phenomenology could thus provide a firm basis for all human  knowledge , including scientific knowledge, and could establish philosophy as a "rigorous science" of measurable perception. SUMMARY I – The work of literature is text and the reader's response According to phenomenology, when co...

Todorov, Tzvetan. "Chapter 4: Reading as Construction."  Genres in Discourse . Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990. 39-49. Google Books. Web. 22 Aug. 2012. Tzvetan Todorov Todorov will discuss the reading of classical fiction or representative texts. While reading this type of text a construction unfolds to the reader. Novels do not imitate a pre-existing reality. Instead, they construct a new, imaginary universe. There are techniques the author employs to get readers to construct this world. Referential sentences and no others induce construction. Sentences that create a clear picture are referential and sentences that are general, abstract or vague are not. Different referential sentences contribute in differently to the construction of the world. They can contribute to mode, time, and point of view. Mode – verisimilitude of fictional world Time - Sentences can help place events in time for the reader Point of view - sentences can help the reader picture the...