Possibly, the most fascinating question is what is literature?

也许最有趣的一个问题是，文学是什么？

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That means "What is literature?"

和“文学是怎样呈现的?。

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What is literature and what is the unique value of literature?

文学是什么？文学的独特价值何在？

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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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Much of what we'll be reading takes up the question "What is literature?"

我们将阅读的文章很大程度上是关于“文学是什么？“

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So what I think we get from these two little readings today is a sense of where literature finds itself at a kind of crossroads.

所以我们今天要从这两篇短文里认识到,文学在十字路口所处的位置。

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But I know that he has defended himself in the past, saying that I felt like this is what literature is for.

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Mr. BRINKLEY: It really is a lesson about the continued need for self-discovery, which is really what literature is all about.

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And great literature is great literature, no matter what language.

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