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DIFFERENT MOMENTS IN THE RECEPTION OF US AND DOMESTIC FICTION: SUMMARIZING TENDENCIES
Reception of the American Sitcom Reception of the Domestic Sitcom Critical (especially on formal aspects) Promising Scarcity Routine, tradition Absence of folklore Folklore Relatively high Relatively low Higher degree of unanimity Lower degree of unanimity Close positions, consensus Variated positions Specific specialization General speci

Horizon of expectations (literal comprehension) comprehension) (applied comprehension)

TABLE 6.4 Moments 0. Recognition 1. Interpretation 2. (inferential Discussion 3.