The Fictive And The Imaginary: Charting Literar... -

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

: Iser suggests humans use fiction as a "subsidy" for their existence, using imagination as collateral to substantiating their activities and lives. The Fictive and the Imaginary: Charting Literar...

: 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. Iser replaces the binary of fiction and reality