Reader-Response, T. S. Eliot, and Jung

I may have joked about the "heresy of the skim" when I ran my finger across an Eliot essay and saw Jung references, but it would also appear that my second glance--my actual reading of the piece--changed my perception. This, apparently, is a reader-oriented critical response. According to a PowerPoint presentation found on the Philadelphia University website, "rethinking one part of the text after reading another" means that I engaged in literary criticism.

Hmmmmm.......time to research Rosenblatt.

Something like this makes me stop and consider the books I've read lately, and if any of them are Literature. I know that the Sookie Stackhouse novels are fluff and not literature. Not because I can read a book a night, but because they don't force me to think (or re-think!). But I wonder about the Game of Thrones series I'm reading now. Too bad I've just started the fourth book, because I might have to re-visit the first book, and each book is 1000 pages. D'oh!

...on the other hand, maybe I'll finish my midterm essays first.