USING HANS ROBERT JAUSS’S RECEPTION THEORY TO EXPLAIN THE ATTRACTION OF CHINESE ROMANCE NOVELS

Abstract

Chinese romance novels have gained in more popularity and warm welcome from many Vietnamese readers, but they are also coming under heavy criticism. This paper makes use of a minor part in the reception theory of H. R. Jauss - an outstanding literary theorist of the Konstanz school of reception aesthetics to initially explain the attraction of this fiction genre, thereby contributing to the proper evaluation of the merit and impact of this internet literary trend on the Vietnamese readership.