Approaches to "The Dead"

After having the presentations on the types of criticism to "The Dead," I can draw a couple conclusions. First I think that the Psychoanalytic criticism is a little too weird for me. I really can't imagine sexualizing all the text in the way it was presented. I would much rather leave that to some one else. I did however find the New Historicism interesting. It seemed like a way to really learn about the text in a way that explores the time period and the location where the story occured. That way you can understand what the footnotes are relating to without having to read them at all!
Since I had done a presentation on the Feminist criticism I don't think I would want to write a criticism based on that perspective either. It was also like the Pschoanalytic in a way, that minor details were construed in the most awful way possible. Reader response is the only critique I am still confused about. How would one write a reader response criticism without just writing their personal response to the story? I am not sure which I would use yet, but I can narrow it down with what I won't use!