Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: The implied reader shifts attention from the real reading individual to a disembodied dimension of reception, intricately interwoven into the text.
Reason R: The ‘Dear Reader,’ invoked in the realist novels, is a fictional representation of the distant reader.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
1
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
2
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
3
A is correct but R is not correct
4
A is not correct but R is correct