Analysis of Four Concepts of the Reader in Reader-Oriented Theory

The raise of various types of accompanied by reception-response theory is a product of emphasis on reader's subjective role in literary activity. This paper points out, mainly by analyzing four typical concepts of namely, Riffaterre's the supperreader, Iser's the implied reader, Fish's the informed reader and Eco's the model reader, that theories of are valuable in emphasizing reader's creative role in reading on one hand, but impracticable in guiding an actual reader's concrete reading practice on other hand.