Walker Library: ENGL 3000: Introduction to Literary Studies (Dubek): Module 6: Field Research

Research on Readers (Example Studies)

Coles, Jane and Theo Bryer. "Reading as Enactment: Transforming Beowulf through Drama, Film and Computer Game," English in Education, February 2018.
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Cushing, Ian. "'Suddenly, I am part of the poem': Texts as Worlds, Reader-Response and Grammar in Teaching Poetry," English in Education, February 2018.
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Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo, Angeline and Moses Samuel. "Reader Response Pedagogy and Changes in Student Stances in Literary Texts," English Teacher, December 2013.
Rovira-Collado, José and Copelia Mateo Guillén. "Social Networks for Reading as a New Literary Training Space," Current Perspectives on Literary Reading, 2019.
Thomas, Bronwen. "Reading the Readers: Ethical and Methodological Issues for Researching Readers and Reading in the Digital Age," Style and Reader Response: Minds, Media, Methods, 2021.

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