Literary theory is very much involved with questions of that kind, and organizing those questions is basically what rationalizes the structure of our syllabus.

文学理论和这种问题有密切联系，我们的课程大纲基本上,就是根据这些问题来组织的。

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Turning to the word literature, this is not theory of relativity, theory of music, or theory of government This is a course in theory of literature, and theory of literature shares in common with other kinds of theory the need for definition.

提到文学这个词，我们讲的不是不是相对论，音乐理论，或者政治理论,这是一门文学理论课程，和其他理论一样,它也需要定义。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选