Reading from Efferent and Aesthetic Stances Makes Books Come Alive
Jeanne Swafford and Amma Akrofi

The authors discuss Louise Rosenblatt’s concepts of efferent reading (reading for information) and aesthetic reading (reading for personal and experiential purposes) and her view that what makes a text literature is the experience that a reader has during reading.  They show how these concepts can be applied to literature study in classrooms ranging from the elementary grades into graduate school.

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