Las lecciones de los lectores. A propósito de la recepción literaria

Abstract

In this article, I propose to review the assumptions and theoretical models that address the processes of literary reception. Reviewing those approaches to reading research that result less productive, I attempt to delineate a number of prejudices that implicitly condition it, and pose a series of questions designed to overcome them. On this basis, I trial a reconceptualization of reading oriented towards incorporating the subjective dimension, a neglected aspect of those studies. My hypothesis is that any reading can set up a subjective dialogue capable of producing personal transformation, and that this possibility depends not tyrannically on the work, but also on the reader and the way in which the text is approached. Finally, I propose a sequence of interview dimensions that aim to bring out the subjective processes articulated by reading.