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Iser replaces the binary of fiction and reality with a consisting of the real, the fictive, and the imaginary.

: The pool of mental images and fantasies within the reader. It provides the "flesh" to fill out the fictive structures during the act of reading . Key Concepts and Themes The Fictive and the Imaginary: Charting Literar...

: The book explores these concepts through various literary periods, ranging from Renaissance pastoralism to the works of Samuel Beckett and Jean-Paul Sartre. Critical Reception Iser replaces the binary of fiction and reality

: Iser suggests humans use fiction as a "subsidy" for their existence, using imagination as collateral to substantiating their activities and lives. Key Concepts and Themes : The book explores

: Iser argues that because literature allows humans to step out of themselves and experience "otherness," it serves as a tool for self-confrontation and exploring human plasticity.