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Direct linkMargaret Mackey – Literacy, 2025
Louise Rosenblatt's well-known concept of stance distinguishes between efferent reading (reading to take something away from the text) and aesthetic reading (reading for the experience of dwelling in the text). This article proposes a refinement to this binary, adding the concept of afferent reading. Afference, in biology, means a bringing-to, and…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reader Text Relationship, Story Reading
