When we
went over Reader Response Theory in class this past week I began to be more and
more curious about something. What is an interpretation that is typically
non-refuted in a piece of classic literature that you disagree with? From Catherine
Linton’s disputed ‘ghost’ in Wuthering
Heights to the debate on whether Sethe’s baby in Beloved is a supernatural entity or a painful memory brought to
life by surviving trauma in a terrible era; what is something that is generally
interpreted that you just can’t get on board with?
I’m
mostly interested in this question because I think that when we are starting to
really analyze literature at a young age we see interpretations that our
teachers simply won’t let us disagree with. Is there only one correct
interpretation within the view of Reader Response Theory? Has there been a time
where you believe you have found irrefutable textual evidence of a theory and
you have been put down because it isn’t “correct”?
Source: https://giphy.com/gifs/spinning-top-inception-9mmWez1yhWNXO
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