What happens to those resources that the great modernist writers endowed language with so powerfully earlier in the century?

本世纪早期,杰出的现代主义作家们如此给力,地赋予语言一些资源？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I enjoyed it. It was nice, but I could not speak eloquently about the pieces like everyone else.

我很喜欢现代艺术，挺好的。但是我不能像其他人那样流利地说出艺术品的所以然来。

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So this advertisement tells you that the great classic of modernism is something you stride into like a man, but you don't have to be a particularly extraordinary man to do so.

这广告告诉你们现代主义的伟大经典,在于让你们如男人一样勇敢地投入阅读，但你不一定非得成为特别出众的人来阅读。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What better mimics modern human conditions than fat, than sugar, and variety?

除了讨论脂肪,糖,和混合食物,怎样才能更好地模拟现代人的饮食情况呢

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