Audrey Wasser

In this discussion, Audrey Wasser, an Assistant Professor at Miami University and literary theorist, delves deep into the complexities of reading. She explores what it truly means to read, highlighting the tension between passive reception and active interpretation. Audrey brings to light the hermeneutics of suspicion, how critics like Marx and Freud influence our understanding, and critiques Derrida's deconstruction. The conversation also touches on the rise of affect-focused readings and the construction of texts, revealing how material pressures affect literary criticism.