Becoming a Reader

The Experience of Fiction from Childhood to Adulthood

By: J. A. Appleyard

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Paperback | 11 July 1994

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Becoming a Reader argues that, whatever our individual differences of personality and background, there is a regular sequence of attitudes we go through as we mature, which affect how we experience fiction, from the five-year-old child absorbed in the world of fantasy play, through the seventeen year old critical seeker of the truth, to the middle-aged reader recognizing their own experiences in fictional characters. Becoming a Reader argues that this sequence of responses can be worked out and described. The evidence for these claims is drawn from numerous studies of reading and from interviews with a great many readers, young and old. The developmental perspective provides a useful framework for assessing the implications of competing theories of reading and for charting the evolution of individual readers. Finally, in allowing us to predict our reading experience, the book allows us, as adults, to choose what to do with the power which reading gives us.

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'This book is an excellent introduction to the kinds of fiction that appeal to school-age children, adolescents, and adults. It provides a rich and provocative as well as informative view of the why and what of experiencing fiction by readers of different ages. It introduces the basic ideas, assumptions, and themes in literary interpretation and criticism. It portrays the kinds of characters and stories that are recurrent in formulaic romance and adventure that appeal to all ages in different forms. As a basic primer on literature and literary experiences of children and adults, it is highly recommended.' American Journal of Psychology ' ... a lucid and useful book on the way reading fiction helps us construct and enlarge our personal and social identities.' America 'Happily, Appleyard is in the 'grip' of neither Frye nor anyone else. Like his pragmatically conceived adult reader, Appleyard uses Frye's Anatomy because it works. He manages to hold aloft at once a number of theories, examining and extracting the best and most sensible ideas before moving on.' Book Reviews

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Non-Fiction Education Educational Psychology Language & Linguistics Linguistics Literacy Language Learning & Teaching Specific Skills of Learning Language Reading Skills Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies

Psychology Child & Developmental Psychology

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Published: 8th July 1991

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Introduction
Early childhood: the reader as player
Later childhood: the reader as hero and heroine
Adolescence: the reader as thinker
College and beyond: the reader as interpreter
Adulthood: the pragmatic reader
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Becoming a Reader

The Experience of Fiction from Childhood to Adulthood

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