This is a scene of whether you as a writer compromise yourself in the face of authority that resists what you want to say.

场景是作者在面临权威坚持提出反对意见时,是否妥协你想要表达的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That, of course, I argued in those lectures, opened it up for the threat of mortality.

当然，我在那几堂课中对此观点提出了反对意见，以必有一死的威胁反驳了它。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选