A word that describes the reading experience

I'm writing a short essay about plays and movies. In movies, the audience experiences the literary text in a sensory way. When the audience reads the play, though, they experience it in what way?


There is 'literary'

E.g. "When the audience read the play, though, they experience it in a literary way"

literary - adjective

1 - pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature : literary history.

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