That makes the subject matter that we'll be discussing this week, as I say, as much a part of the history of criticism as it is of literary theory.

这样一来，我们这周的内容就变得至关重要了，就像我说过的那样，我们将学习到文学理论方面,乃至评论史上重要的一章。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

it's in thinking critically and applying the ideas that you get from reading that... really make it valuable.

学习文学能锻炼我们的批判性思维，我们还能将文学中体现的思想应用到现实生活中。这才是文学的价值所在。

文学是灵魂的方式 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The temptations that Mammon offers Guyon are literally within the story itself temptations of wealth, but they're also temptations to the wealth of classical learning, the wealth of the entire classical heritage.

贪神向盖恩抛出的诱惑,从字面上说这个故事讲的是财富的诱惑，但实际上它要表达的是学习古典文献所得财富的诱惑，也是整个古典文学遗产财富带来的诱惑。

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Sure. So, I went to the University of Toronto where I studied English Literature and Classical Civilizations.

当然可以。我在多伦多大学上学，在那儿我学习英国文学和古典文化。

我的专业 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

My major? Basically I study American literature... in English, studying literature from 1865 until now.

我的专业？我主要学习从1865年到现在的美国文学，以英语授课。

和英文专业的朋友 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I think you need literature and philosophy to have uh, a good soul.

如果你想拥有健全的灵魂，你需要学习文学和哲学。

文学是灵魂的方式 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

You need to pin down an object of study, a first principle from which other principles can emerge, and part of the process is to say, "Hey, it's not literature we're talking about.

首要原则是，需要锁定要谈论，即学习的目标，可是，谁知道什么是文学。

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And it's in these years after his graduation from college that Milton embarks upon what is essentially a systematic study of all available knowledge. He commands a mastery of just about the entire canon of Western literary and historical learning.

就是在他毕业后的这些年里,弥尔顿开始着手系统的学习,方方面面的知识，他想要精通,整个西方文学和历史经典。

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We can say there's a great deal to learn about what people think literature is and we can develop very interesting kinds of thinking about the variety of ways in which these ideas are expressed.

可以说，关于人们对文学的定义,我们还有很多需要学习,我们也能从它们的各种不同的表达方法中,产生有趣的想法。

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But, at the same time, I feel really passionate about studying literature,

但与此同时，我非常热衷于学习文学。

文学是灵魂的方式 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We're going to keep using the things that exist in space, virtual or not, and the things that unfold in time in their relationship with each other as we continue to try to understand these basic principles which shape so much of subsequent literary theory. Thank you.

我们将继续解释事物的存在，无论它们是否可见，我们会学习语言在一段时间里的关系,随着我们继续学习这些基本的概念,我们会进一步理解文学理论，谢谢。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选