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: An intentional act by the author that subverts and reorganizes "the real." It is a boundary-crossing act that disrupts the referential world, making it "transgressive".

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: Iser suggests humans use fiction as a "subsidy" for their existence, using imagination as collateral to substantiating their activities and lives. : An intentional act by the author that

: Refers to the empirical world and the existing social, historical, and cultural systems that circulate within it. : Iser argues that because literature allows humans

: 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.

: Literature "stages" the interaction between the real and the imaginary. This staging creates a "virtual" space where the reader can bridge gaps or blanks in the text to generate meaning.