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mock reader: a standalone construct

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mock reader1 CONSTRUCTMock readerGIBSON · LITERARY THEORY

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Literary theory

the fictitious reader whose role and attitudes an actual reader assumes in order to experience the language of a work.

In literary theory, mock reader refers to the fictitious reader whose role and attitudes an actual reader assumes in order to experience the language of a work. This meaning comes from Gibson (1950) in College English.[1]

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References

  1. Gibson, W. (1950). Authors, Speakers, Readers, and Mock Readers. College English, 11(5), 265. https://doi.org/10.2307/585994

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