The synthesis of one's own body is an important part of Merleau-Ponty's theory of perception,which means that the body is both self-conscious and perceptible.The synthesis of one's own body is a synthesis of perceptions,and the perception of the body is always in the background of the whole body,which is applicable in literary reception.The projection function of the body lays a physiological foundation for the synthesis of one's own body in literary reception,enabling the recipient's body to place itself in an imaginary situation.Because of the isomorphism of language and body,the body also finds the invisible meaning behind literary language in the process of synthesis of one's own body in literary reception.The realization of the synthesis of one's own body in literary reception depends mainly on the perceptual habitus given by symbols,the certainty of the linguistic symbol system as an algorithm,and the expressive and associative functions of symbols.The body in this theory strengthens the nature of being in the literature world,and also makes literary acceptance back to the work itself.
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