There are lots of other writers we could include, including those two that I named, that would equally illustrate some of the threads that I've got on the syllabus now, but these are the ones for various practical and more substantive reasons that I have chosen.

我们其实还可以讲很多其他作家，包括刚才提到的那两位,他们也能阐述我大纲里的一些主题思想，但是因为各种实用并且更为实在的原因的存在,我才选了这些作家的作品。

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