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So, in that relation, I'd like you to think about the representation of America in the novel.
所以，我希望你们思考,这部小说里美国的表征。
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It's sort of an epic novel that takes place in 19th century American West.
这是一部史诗小说，记录了19世纪美国西部的故事。
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The short answer is that I think these writers best represent all the different threads, all the different forces in the American Novel Since 1945.
简单的回答是我觉得这些作家极洽当地,代表了1945年以来美国小说中的，各种主题和力量。
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One of the best descriptions I've ever read of why slavery persisted, of why people defended it, and why people went to war for it, came before the war, in 1857, in a speech by the African-American woman, novelist, writer, poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
我曾读到的一段比较精彩的论述,关于为什么奴隶制度留存了下来,为什么人们为其辩护,为其而战,在1857年,战争前夕,在一个非裔美国女人的演讲中,她是小说家兼作家兼诗人,弗朗斯·伊莲·瓦特金·哈伯
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Whatever you think those are. Here, you might imagine different people disagreeing about-- oh, but throw in something--but if what you want to do is write the great American novel, then you've got the experience of staying up late at night not knowing how to make the plot work out, crushing pieces of paper and throwing them away.
你能想到的都在里面，可能有人不同意-,插入某某东西，比如你想,创作最伟大的美国小说，于是你获得熬夜的体验,纠结于如何构建情节，撕碎稿纸，扔在一边。
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And it's... He's my favorite author in America.
而且这部小说……他是我最喜欢的美国小说家。
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And what does it mean to be an American in this novel? So, that's the question I'd like to take up today first. Coming from Lolita, the vision of America in On the Road looks quite different.
这对于小说里你是一个美国人又意味着什么？,这是我今天想让你们思考的第一个问题，《洛丽塔》里，描写的美国景象非常不同于《在路上》之中的景象。
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Crushing your computer, or whatever it is that you do as you write the great American novel.
砸碎电脑，随便你想怎样,当你创作最伟大的美国小说时。
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Well, what does America mean in this novel?
这里的美国在小说里是指什么呢？
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Climbing the alps, writing the great American novel, raising a great family that loves you, being creative.
比如攀登阿尔卑斯山，书写伟大的美国小说，建立一个充满爱意的家庭，让自己充满创意等等。
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You wanted to be writing the great American novel, but you're not writing the great American novel.
你想书写伟大的美国小说，但你实际上不是在写小说。
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My favorite American author right now writes novels.
我最喜欢的美国作家是一位小说家。
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