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What is the function of readers' literary activities?

Literary works have always been created by authors according to their own political inclinations, values and aesthetic ideals. On the other hand, writers' creation is often influenced by readers. The general situation of literary creation is that writers create consciously or unconsciously to satisfy readers' preferences, although the author himself may not be aware of this phenomenon. Reading is an indispensable condition for all literary interpretation processes and literary significance to be displayed. The main body of literary reading is Qian Qian's millions of readers. Reception aesthetics and reader response criticism are gradually established on the basis of trying to overthrow the author-centered theory and text-centered theory that have long dominated the field of literary criticism. "Reader empowerment theorists believe that literary works are only potential texts without readers' reading, and only through readers' reading can they become realistic texts and play their various roles.