Tag Archives: Norman Holland

Why I Think the Way I Think

By Robin Bates | Published: March 23, 2021

I survey my intellectual history, especially the evolution of my thinking about literature’s impact on human behavior.

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What Our Favorite Books Reveal about Us

By Robin Bates | Published: September 14, 2017

I am having my students compose personal reading histories. Freud provides a useful framework for exploring anxieties and wishes.

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A Lit Theory that Affirms Readers

By Robin Bates | Published: May 21, 2012

The students in my “Theories of the Reader ” course found the theorists we read affirming.

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The Reader’s Role in Literature

By Robin Bates | Published: January 11, 2012

Reader Response Theory focuses on the reader’s involvement in literature, opening up avenues untouched by formalist criticism.

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What Personal Reading Histories Tell Us

By Robin Bates | Published: June 4, 2009

I can’t recommend enough the value of writing your reading history. It will reveal to you sides of yourself you didn’t know you had.

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