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wandering viewpoint: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

the reader's moving position inside the text, from which each new sentence revises expectations formed earlier and anticipates what comes next.

In literary theory, wandering viewpoint refers to the reader's moving position inside the text, from which each new sentence revises expectations formed earlier and anticipates what comes next. This meaning comes from Iser (1980) in The Act of Reading.[1]

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References

Iser, W. (1980). The Act of Reading. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.56021/9780801821011

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