I'm going to read parts of them to you, and together I think they give you the sort of snapshot I want you to have of where literature stands, where reading stands, at the middle of the twentieth century.

我要读一部分给大家听，这些可以给大家,一个关于二十世纪中期，文学和阅读的立足点是什么的简单印象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选