Episode 3 -- Lit Theory: New Historicism & Reader Response

Today's episode features New Historicism and Reader Response, Virtualit, and music from Joe Sibol.

While these podcasts are not comprehensive, I do go over a lot of names and terms in a pretty short period of time. Here are the names and terms included in today's episode:

New Historicism

Important New Historicists -- Stephen Grenblatt, Clifford Geertz, Louis Montrose, Catherine Gallagher, Jonathan Dollimore, and Jerome McCann. Michel Foucault is mentioned, but he is usually considered a post-structuralist.

Important Terms -- discourse, episteme, power, self-positioning, and thick description.

Reader Response

Important New Historicists -- Louise Rosenblatt, Wolfgang Iser, Hans-Robert Jauss, and Stuart Hall.

Important Terms -- horizons or expectation, implied (or ideal) reader, interpretive communities, and transactional analysis.

Featured site: Bedford St. Martin's Virtualit.

Today's featured artist, Joe Sibol, appears courtesy of podsafeaudio.com. Two Sibol songs were featured: Empty Hallways, as bumper music, and Up All Night, in its entirety. The LitGeek theme music is Saffron Steps by Cagey House, courtesy of podsafeaudio.com. Podcast inspired by Vade Mecum.

Want to know more about New Historicism and Reader Response?

Hedges, Warren. "New Historicism Explained"

Lee, John. "Reader Response: Various Positions"

Siegel, Kristi. Intro to Literary Theory.

Wikipedia. "New Historicism"

Wikipedia. "Reader Response Criticism"

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