The philosophical foundations of the theory of reception

Abstract

Those who examine the critically oriented reception theory that formed in West Germany in the late sixties and early seventies of the twentieth century as a result of the efforts of professors and students at the University of Constance, will find that its pioneers revolted against the ABCs and principles of structuralism while giving priority to the reader in the literary process, as it is the foundation that does not They are indispensable in the process, and this synergy between the text and the recipient results in infinite connotations.
The pioneers of the theory of reception found in phenomenological philosophy the only recourse to take its most important concepts and pour them into the mold of theory, as it is the only philosophy that took care of the self, and thus the theory of reception, or as it is called criticism of the reader’s response, calls for examining and studying the literary phenomenon according to what was produced by the phenomenological doctrine that placed the reader in a high position. By relying on his personal abilities, to form between the text and its recipient a merging unit, it is not possible to separate them.