Students need to get a strong foundation in literary theory and criticism before I let them in the room.

学生们必须要有良好的文学理论和文学评论的基础，这样我才能让他们参加这门课程。

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But in the meantime that may partly account for a certain delay in the emergence of theory and criticism given the long-standing richness of the literary tradition.

但同时这些分歧也部分解释了，为什么一些理论和批评很晚才出现，虽然这个文学传统一直很高产。

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It's a very rich tradition — in other words, somewhat in contrast with the very rich but also very recent tradition of African-American literary theory and criticism.

这是一个作品丰富的文学传统，换言之，与同样作品丰富，但时间较近的，非裔美国文学理论和批评形成对照。

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That is to say, what we're taking up this week, is as much really the history of criticism as literary theory.

也就是说，我们这周要讲的，与其说是文学理论，不如说是文学评论的历史。

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All right. Now the question, "How does literary theory relate to the history of criticism?"

现在我们来思考这个问题：,“文学理论和评论的历史有什么联系？

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That makes the subject matter that we'll be discussing this week, as I say, as much a part of the history of criticism as it is of literary theory.

这样一来，我们这周的内容就变得至关重要了，就像我说过的那样，我们将学习到文学理论方面,乃至评论史上重要的一章。

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