Student reports written about reading historical fiction

The following is a link to a folder of reports written by Third Year students about reading historical fiction. They consider reception theory, reader-response, data collected by questionnaire, interviews and other theories in order to begin to model how readers respond to, and, more importantly, why they read, historical fiction. If you use these documents please acknowledge them.


https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4wMw2_Pcne_MjE3NmRjOWUtNDFlZi00OTE2LTg4MDUtMmFiMjYxZTM1NGY0&hl=en

Calling all readers of historical novels!

English students at the University of Manchester want to know your views and thoughts on fiction set in the past. Do you love military history? Are romances, or detective novels, or war stories your thing? Is C.J. Sansom your favourite, do you love Philippa Gregory, or are you keener on Hilary Mantel?

Whatever your taste, the students would like to talk to you about why you read, how you read, and, most importantly, what you read. They invite you to participate in the ‘Meet the Readers’ project (http://meetthereaders.blogspot.com/).

Why not take the survey now?

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All participation will be confidential.

About the 'Meet the Readers' Project

You will be put in touch with a reader of historical fiction through Manchester Central Library's Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/manchesterlibraries)

You must interview the reader about their engagement, enjoyment and understanding of historical fiction. You must write a 500 word report about your interview incorporating some theoretical discussion of reception theory.

You will need to post your report on the blog by 29 October:
http://meetthereaders.blogspot.com/
and then respond to your partner's report by the 6 November (your partner will be assigned to you in week 1)

To be able to respond you need to register with blogspot:
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