It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had invoked in me vague glimpses of life's possibilities.

我偶尔会读小说和文学评述,这让我隐约地窥探到,生活的可能性，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This is part of what I find so compelling about fiction and literature in general in this period.

这是我所找到的这个时期,小说和文学通常引人注目,的原因之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

After that, I began a series of readings of novels that emphasized more what you might call the history of literature, the history of literature's forms and ambitions.

在那之后，我讲了一系列的,强调文学史，关于文学形式和理想的，历史的小说阅读。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选