AFFECTIVESTYLISTICS

Mr. Junnie SaludFar Eastern University ManilaMarch 2011

The affective domain (Krathwohl, Bloom, Masia, 1973) includes the

manner in which we deal with things emotionally, such as feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasm, motivations, and attitudes. 

The Differences of Affective Stylistics from the General Stylistics

General Stylistics -Scientifc -Objective -Text

Affective Stylistics -Subjective -Egocentric -Reader

STYLISTICS

Affective Stylistics / Reader-Response Criticism

-influenced by or resulting from emotions.-the text does not have a fixed meaning and it is

independent of readers.-is an analysis of how the text structures the reader’s

response.-the reader becomes an active part of the text.-individual readers give meaning to the text.-because each reader will interact with the text

differently, the text may have more than one valid interpretation.

RR theorists share two beliefs:

1. The role of the reader cannot be omitted.2. Readers do not passively consume the meaning

presented to them by an objective literary text. Instead, readers actively make the meaning they find in literature.

C O N C L U S I O N

• Focus: General Stylistics Affective Stylistics “text” “reader”

• The meaning doesn’t exist within the text.

• Meaning is not univocal.