Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students

For most of the 20th century, literary criticism has focused on uncovering the author’s intended meanings of a given text. In contrast, reader-response theorists have concentrated on the role of the reader in literary interpretation. This article details an exploratory study which documents second-s...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1534eb9334e04d66b465fe734517d1202021-11-25T13:20:19ZUsing Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students10.5565/rev/jtl3.7062013-6196https://doaj.org/article/1534eb9334e04d66b465fe734517d1202017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/706https://doaj.org/toc/2013-6196For most of the 20th century, literary criticism has focused on uncovering the author’s intended meanings of a given text. In contrast, reader-response theorists have concentrated on the role of the reader in literary interpretation. This article details an exploratory study which documents second-semester university Spanish students’ perceptions of their experiences reading children’s novels in Spanish. Learners participated in curricular engagements designed to facilitate their understanding and promote the development of their own interpretations of the books. Results of the study suggest that such engagements may either contribute or impede students’ comprehension and interpretation of literary texts due to various contextual factors.Brian HibbsUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticleliteraturecomprehensionreader-responsechildren’s literatureinterpretationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Language and LiteraturePCAENESFRBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, Vol 10, Iss 4 (2017)
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language CA
EN
ES
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topic literature
comprehension
reader-response
children’s literature
interpretation
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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spellingShingle literature
comprehension
reader-response
children’s literature
interpretation
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Language and Literature
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Brian Hibbs
Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students
description For most of the 20th century, literary criticism has focused on uncovering the author’s intended meanings of a given text. In contrast, reader-response theorists have concentrated on the role of the reader in literary interpretation. This article details an exploratory study which documents second-semester university Spanish students’ perceptions of their experiences reading children’s novels in Spanish. Learners participated in curricular engagements designed to facilitate their understanding and promote the development of their own interpretations of the books. Results of the study suggest that such engagements may either contribute or impede students’ comprehension and interpretation of literary texts due to various contextual factors.
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title Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students
title_short Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students
title_full Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students
title_fullStr Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students
title_full_unstemmed Using Comprehension Questions and Reader-Response Strategies with Second-Semester University Spanish Students
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