It was awkward teaching an introduction Y and probably for that reason while I was teaching Lit 300, which was then called Lit Y, Z Paul de Man was teaching Lit Z.

教入门课非常尴尬,也许正因为这样，我教文学300时，当时它还叫文学，保罗，德，曼教教文学。

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