萨特认为，阅读不只是被动地等待和接受作者现成的提供，而同时是揭示和创造的过程。“全部文艺作品都是呼吁”。所谓向读者“呼吁”，实质上是呼吁读者的自由精神。萨特的这种重视读者的作用，把读者的自由与创造看成是实现作品存在的不可缺少的成分的美学思想给接受美学以很大影响。 Satt argues that reading does not just passively wait and accept the author’s ready availability, but at the same time reveal and create. “All literary works are appeals.” The so-called “appeal” to readers is essentially a call for freedom of readers. Sartre’s emphasis on the role of the reader, the reader’s freedom and creativity as an indispensable component of the aesthetic existence of the aesthetic thinking to a great impact on the acceptance of aesthetics.