At the heart of the unease about these earliest works of literature were two fundamental questions: first, how could Greek literature have been born ex nihilo with two masterpieces?

对于这些早期文学作品的不安，其核心是两个基本问题：首先，希腊文学的两部杰作是如何横空出世的？

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Xu Yuanchong, a 96-year-old man, devotes most of his lifetime to translating works of literature.

96岁的许渊冲一生的大部分时间都在翻译文学作品。

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Many great works of literature were written to be read out loud.

很多文学巨作需要大声朗读出来。

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Their classroom discussions are often about great works of literature by authors who lived thousands of years ago.

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They were simply evocations, appreciative evocations, of great works of literature.

他只是对著作的再重现，一种让人快乐重现。

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to be familiar with the major works and thinkers and literature, music, and art of, uh, Western history.

了解西方历史上主要著作、思想家、文学、音乐和艺术。

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Indeed, there have been many works of literature and film that got carried away by their far-fetched imagination.

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The idea that works of literature hold personal clues, or that more grandly writing is an expression and exploration of the self, is a relatively recent phenomenon.

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The book and subsequent film are arguably most memorable for their unique depiction of elderly forest-dwelling intellectuals who counter the ban on the printed word by memorizing whole works of literature.

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