So, today we find ourselves in a very different novelistic world than we've been in for the last week and a half: On the Road.

今天我们将置身于一个完全不同于上周的,小说的世界：《在路上》

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选