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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to trace out the significance of “uncontrolled response” of readers in production of interpretative knowledge. The ‘identity theme’ of reader response theory of Norman Holland is applied to identify the instances of ‘uncontrolled experiences’ in t he interpretation of the readers of Emily Dickenson’s I Felt A Funeral in My brain. Qualitative research paradigm is taken up as a prime research methodology that has guided data analysis. The data consists of interpretations of three readers of Emily Dickenson’s I Felt A Funeral in My brain that provide evidences of ‘identity theme’ in the construction of interpretative knowledge. Conclusions are thereby drawn, the uncontrolled response of the reader brings coherent conclusion in interpretative knowledge thus reconstructs the text with new meaning replicated from reader’s ‘identity theme’.