He went in the hopefulness of youthful ambition, thinking the journey would make a man of him.

带着充满希望的野心，憧憬此次征程能将他铸造成为男人。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

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

The question of the relationship between the person and the aesthetic in Lolita is going to be at the heart of my overarching argument about the novel.

而这个男人和《Lolita》的美二者关系,将成为我们探讨这部小说的,主要核心。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选