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Efferent and Aesthetic Reading

Reader stance can be defined as the attitude a writer takes toward their message. A writer's stance determines the tone and word choice used. There are two main types of reading stances: efferent and aesthetic. Efferent reading is done to obtain specific information and involves focusing on what remains after reading, like facts or solutions. Aesthetic reading explores the experience of reading itself and centers on what is lived through during engagement with the text, like with novels or poems. A reader's response is transactional, occurring through interaction between the reader and the text.

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Efferent and Aesthetic Reading

Reader stance can be defined as the attitude a writer takes toward their message. A writer's stance determines the tone and word choice used. There are two main types of reading stances: efferent and aesthetic. Efferent reading is done to obtain specific information and involves focusing on what remains after reading, like facts or solutions. Aesthetic reading explores the experience of reading itself and centers on what is lived through during engagement with the text, like with novels or poems. A reader's response is transactional, occurring through interaction between the reader and the text.

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Reader Stance:

Efferent and
Aesthetic Reading
Prepared by: Mrs. Dulce A. Bailes
Stance
• can be defined as the attitude that the writer has towards
the topic of his or her message.

• The stance that you take will greatly determine the tone of
your message and the words that you choose.
Example #1
Once we got to the food section of the event, I immediately realized that there was
little to no organization. There was trash all over the place, with no trashcan in sight.
There was a serious lack of tables to eat at, so many people were forced to eat standing
up, which got really messy because of the nature of some of the foods. Many of the
organizations that were selling the foods apparently didn’t talk to each other, because I
saw many of the same kinds of rice, fish, even bread at the different tables.

Furthermore, many of the dishes were either cold or too little. And of all the tables,
only one group also thought of bringing the drinks, so getting a drink meant standing in
line for half an hour, mainly because they kept running out because of the high demand.
Example #2
Almost all Asian student organizations have participated in this event. There
were plenty of foods from different Asian countries and areas. Fried rice from China,
spring rolls from Vietnam, curries fish ball from Hong Kong and chicken from
Singapore.
Though these foods are not exactly like they would be tasted like in real Asia,
these still give you a basic idea about how are Asian food look and taste like and how
large is the diversity of Asian food. Among so many choices of foods, I definitely will
recommend the curry fish ball from Hong Kong Student Association. It tastes exactly
like what you would taste in Hong Kong, so it might be the most original taste of
Asia.
Thus, according to Rosenblatt, reading
— and meaning-making? — happens
Louise only in the reader’s mind; it does not
Rosenblatt take place on the page, on the screen,
or in the text, but in the act of
reading.
Efferent Reading
reading to “take away” particular bits of
information. Here, the reader is not interested in
the rhythms of the language or the prose style but
is focused on obtaining a piece of information.
Efferent Reading
Rosenblatt states, “the reader’s attention is primarily
focused on what will remain as a residue after the
reading — the information to be acquired, the logical
solution to a problem, and the actions to be carried
out.”
Efferent Reading - examples
a. travel guide book
Efferent Reading - examples
b. textbooks
Efferent Reading - examples
c. manuals
Efferent Reading - examples
d. newspapers
Aesthetic Reading
reading to explore the work and oneself.
Here, readers are engaged in the experience
of reading, itself.
Aesthetic Reading
Rosenblatt states, “In aesthetic reading, the
reader’s attention is centered directly on
what he is living through during his
relationship with that particular text.”
Aesthetic Reading - examples
a. Novels
b. Plays
c. Poems
TRANSACTIONAL READER RESPONSE
SOURCES:
a. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/english_as_a_second_language/esl_students/audien
ce_considerations_for_esl_writers/stance_and_language
b. http://composing.org/digitalmedia/efferent-vs-aesthetic-reading/
c. https://literariness.org/2016/10/28/transactional-reader-response-theory/
Thanks for listening!

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