Ingarden's phenomenological study of consciousness in the reading process sheds light on Wolfgang Iser's study of the reading activity,hence the latter's theory of aesthetic response,a branch of reception aesthetics.Iser's theory is at the juncture of phenomenology,reception theory and modern arts,highlighting the interaction in reading.It mainly contains two parts: description of the reading activity,or reading phenomenology,and his elaboration of the structure of literary texts.The former can be summarized as that the work is generated mutually between the reader and the text,with the reader shaped by reading experiences.This opinion cannot be found in Jauss.Iser argues that vacancy and negation in the text offer a special structure controlling the interaction in question.Negation means the discarding of familiar social norms,and is one of the reasons for vacancy,which,in turn,is the potential relationship in the text.Though Iser's theory is considered by some as lexically difficult and contradictory,it is still a supplement to Ingarden's phenomenology and therefore deserves recognition.