So, that's the first point: It's material. The second point is that narrative has a form, and that it can be constructed, built.

这就是我第一个观点：它是物质的，第二个理由是,叙述故事有一个框架，它可以像一个手工品一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This is the first moment that the poet John Milton is actually speaking in his own voice, and he's speaking directly to us.

这是第一次诗人弥尔顿,在以本尊的声音做着叙述，并且是在直接的向我们叙述。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So the narrative in the first part of Joshua, Joshua 2 to 12, describes the invading Israelites as an organized confederation of 12 tribes whose conquest is accomplished in a few decisive battles under the military leadership of Joshua.

因此《约书亚书》前一部分的叙述，从第2章到12章，描述了侵略者以色列作为有组织的联盟,由12个支派组成，他们在决定性战役中成功征服,在约书亚的军事率领之下。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.

因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Most of the narrative account in Genesis 12 to 50 with the exception of the Joseph story, actually but most of Genesis 12 through 50 is assigned by scholars to the J source, and certain themes emerge in the J narrative.

创世纪》第12章到50章大部分的叙述0,除了约瑟夫的故事外,《创世纪》12章到50章大部分被学者认为是J来源，而一些特定主题出现在J来源的叙述中。

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