Over a long time, there has been a tendency in the circles of literary theory and criticism to regard literary creation as textualization of life.

长期以来，文艺理论与批评界已习惯于把文学创作看成是生活的文本化。

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Born for a very brief space of time, we regard this life as an inn which we are soon to leave, that it may be made ready for the coming guest.

由于人生来生命短暂，我们看待这一生就像一间很快就要离去的客栈，而它可能也早已准备好迎接即将来临的新旅客。

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