萨特把文学的阅读过程看成文学活动中不次于创作的重要环节,认为作家的写作过程就是在召唤着读者的参与,而读者绝不是任人摆布的木偶,而是有着同样重要作用的创造者。在审美想象的中介作用下,艺术的接受成为艺术家和欣赏者协作的过程。作家和读者在阅读中结成了豪情的契约,而契约的基础就是对于对方自由的尊重。萨特充分重视读者的主观性,坚信通过构筑审美意象世界,可以改变人的性格中黑暗的成分,所以他主张阅读是现实性的、行动性的。因而他反对把阅读当作纯粹的形式欣赏和历史轶事的那些批评家。而且他认为在阅读中,创作主体与接受主体、接受主体之间都超越了在现实中与他人的对立,从而使主体之间的共在在审美世界里成为可能。 Sartre regarded literary reading as an important part of his literary activity, which was not inferior to creation. He thought that the writing process of writers was calling for readers’ participation. The reader was by no means a puppeteer but an equally important one Creator. Under the mediation of aesthetic imagination, the acceptance of art becomes the process of collaboration between artists and appreciators. The writer and the reader conclude a passionate contract upon reading, and the foundation of the contract is to respect each other’s freedom. Sartre pays close attention to the subjectivity of readers and firmly believes that by constructing a world of aesthetic images, he can change the dark elements in his personal character. Therefore, he advocates reading as realistic and actionable. He therefore opposed those critics who regarded reading as a pure form of appreciation and historical anecdote. Moreover, he believes that in reading, the creative subject and the receiving subject, the receiving subject all transcend the reality in opposition with others, so that the commonalities between the subjects become possible in the aesthetic world.