On"The Implied Reader

The reader had long been neglected in the history of western literature. This situation began changing in 60s of the 20 th century when literary critics turned their attention to reader. In order to observe the aesthetic activities and response in the reading process, the theorists of reception-response put forward some models of reader. Wolfgang Iser, a scholar of aesthetic response,presents a concept of "the implied reader"after studying the other models carefully.He thinks that"the implied reader"exists in the predispositions of the text and the actualizing acts of the reader.The study of the reader typology is conducive to show the advantage of Iserian type and its present significance.