Toward an Understanding of the Aesthetic Response to Literature.

Cox, Carole; Many, Joyce E.

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ERIC Number: EJ437319

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Toward an Understanding of the Aesthetic Response to Literature.

Cox, Carole; Many, Joyce E.

Language Arts, v69 n1 p28-33 Jan 1992

Explores aesthetic responses to literature by examining the responses of fifth graders to a variety of books and films. Finds three main characteristics of students' responses: picturing a story in their minds; extending a story or hypothesize about it while reading; and relating associations and feelings evoked while reading and responding. Explores implications for teaching. (MG)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Research, Reading Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Themed Issue: Literature and the Language Arts.