My goal in this course is to allow you or to invite you to read someof the most compelling novels written in the last little over a half century.

我上这门课的目的,就是让你或者说是邀请你,来读一些刚过去的半个多世纪里,最引人注目的小说。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选