So you don't have to be a critic; you have to be strong; but you know what? You can be the average man, because this is a story about the average man.

所以你不需要当一个批评家;,但是你要坚强，知道么？,你可以是平常人,因为这是一个平常人的故事。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

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