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authorial audience: a standalone construct

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authorialaudience1 CONSTRUCTAuthorial audienceRABINOWITZ · LITERARY THEORY

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Literary theory

the hypothetical audience an author designs a work for, whose knowledge and beliefs the actual reader must take on.

In literary theory, authorial audience refers to the hypothetical audience an author designs a work for, whose knowledge and beliefs the actual reader must take on. This meaning comes from Rabinowitz (1977) in Critical Inquiry.[1]

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narrative audience1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructaudience3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsknowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

  1. Rabinowitz, P. J. (1977). Truth in Fiction: A Reexamination of Audiences. Critical Inquiry, 4(1), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1086/447927

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