To Understand, to Guess, to Feel the Reader

Abstract

To Understand, to Guess, to Feel the Reader (by Violetta Askarova) gives review of the book “Typology of Fiction Reading and Fiction Readers” by M. Y. Serebryanaya and G. N. Shevtsova-Vodka. This publication includes an analysis of fiction reading. The process of reading is displayed; the theory of reading and the scientific approaches to the classification of fiction readers are examined. Some basic concepts of the typology of reading are described. The authors analyze the typifications of fiction readers. Results received by different researchers in this field are summarized. The publication will help with the choice of literary and fictional works to read, with their most complete perception.