In other words, we no longer say, "How does the author exert autonomous will with respect to the subject matter being expressed?"

换言之，我们不会再说，“作者是如何在尊重所要表达的主题的前提下,把独立的意愿加进去的？“

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Unlike Nabokov, these writers are not trying to make a language that is autonomous and separate from the world, so you will not see the kind of artifice and the labored attention to form.

不同的是这些作家并不想要营造一种,独立的和世界分离的语言，所以你不会看到这方面的炼化技巧,和费劲地塑造。

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