The German theorist and critic, Wolfgang Iser (born in 1926),is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine and also at the University of Konstanz.. In both his writings "The Implied Reader" and the "Act of Reading" , Iser is interested in the way in which readers are involved with literary works. His views of reader involvement are known as the reception theory. In his 1989 essay, "The Play of the …showed first 75 words of 3665 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3665 total…of it would not be adequate support for the overall objective. The reader of this essay must experience the story prior to reading the concluding remarks of this assignment. 6. 'The Trial' Franz Kafka translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, New York 1969, 267-269. 7. 'The Act of Reading' Wolfgang Iser (1978) published by The Johns Hopkins University Press pg 54 8. 'The Act of Reading' Wolfgang Iser (1978) published by The Johns Hopkins University Press pg 64 9. ibid pg 62 10. Ibid pg 37 (1980 edition)