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{{Short description|School of literary theory focused on writings' readers}}[[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 157.jpg|thumb|right|284px|''Two Girls Reading'' by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]]] '''Reader-response criticism''' is a [[School of thought|school]] of [[literary theory]] that focuses on [[Reading (process)|the reader]] (or "[[audience]]") and their experience of a [[literary work]], in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author, content, or [[mode (literature)|form]] of the work.
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