来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第14集 第14集》

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  of Chinese literature.
  是否真实可靠
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  So, imagine someone saying to John Barth, "Wait a minute.
  设想有人这样对约翰·巴思说 等等
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  You changed the story of The Odyssey.
  你不过是改写了《奥德赛》而已
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  You're a fake."
  你个骗子
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  That's essentially what Frank Chin says to Maxine Hong Kingston.
  那就是 赵建秀对汤亭亭说的原话
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  It has a kind of traction to a certain audience,
  这种方式能吸引某些观众
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  because the purity of an origin of that kind matters,
  如果你认为特质完全维系于此
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  if you think that that's where authenticity of an identity resides.
  原创性的纯度就显得尤为重要了
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  So, if it's a cultural identity at stake, the authenticity seems to
  但如果文化认同濒于破裂
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  matter in a different way.
  真实性似乎就不是唯一的判断标准了
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  Now, Barth can give us a different kind of example of this.
  巴思可以给我们一个不同的例子
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  Authenticity:
  关于真实性