One of the most used form to critique fiction would Narrative Theory. However, I will go along with Readers-Response Criticism. Readers-Response Criticism is “The expectations aroused by the text, how they are satisfied or modified, and how the reader comprehends the work when all of it has been read, and when it is reread as a whole or in part (Critical Approaches 2334)”. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a complex story, that makes a reader feel many emotions. What seem to be a simple story but grows complicated as the reader continues. This story displays anxiety, sorrow, and bitterness all what a receiver would feel when reading this
One of the most used form to critique fiction would Narrative Theory. However, I will go along with Readers-Response Criticism. Readers-Response Criticism is “The expectations aroused by the text, how they are satisfied or modified, and how the reader comprehends the work when all of it has been read, and when it is reread as a whole or in part (Critical Approaches 2334)”. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a complex story, that makes a reader feel many emotions. What seem to be a simple story but grows complicated as the reader continues. This story displays anxiety, sorrow, and bitterness all what a receiver would feel when reading this