文学性，什么是文学性？

Literariness, then. What is literariness?

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首要原则是，需要锁定要谈论，即学习的目标，可是，谁知道什么是文学。

You need to pin down an object of study, a first principle from which other principles can emerge, and part of the process is to say, "Hey, it's not literature we're talking about."

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我在中国的小报上读到过两个真实的事件，我把它们举例出来，也许可以说明什么是文学中的现实。

There are a couple of true stories I've read in the Chinese tabloids which may perhaps shed some light on what I mean by the reality in literature.

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That is to say, maybe the most central and, for me, possibly the most fascinating question theory asks is well, what is literature?

对我而言，理论提出的最核心，也许是最有趣的一个问题是,文学是什么？

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When do they start thinking of themselves as French? And this has been hotly debated in the literature for a very long time.

他们什么时候开始觉得自己是法国人了,这曾在文学界,引起长时间热烈的讨论

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We, too, understand the relevance of what we call "the society function."] Rather it must be elucidated in its full extent through the problem of the evolution of literature.

你们不要以为我们很幼稚,我们也明白社会功能的意义是什么],但是我们必须用,文学进化的角度来解释它的功能。

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