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  • How might a psychoanalytic critic approach a reader’s response to Atonement?
    By analyzing unconscious desires and personal experiences that shape the reader’s interpretation.
  • What role do prior experiences play in a reader’s interpretation of a novel?
    They help shape expectations, emotional engagement, and ethical judgments.
  • How does Norman Holland apply psychoanalysis to reader response theory?
    Norman Holland used Freudian psychoanalysis to explain how readers unconsciously transform literary texts into psychological experiences.
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