do mostly with the changes in the American cultural mass market

因为在二战之后的许多年
in the years after World War II.

美国文化大众市场又发生了诸多变化
There are Identity Plots all over in the history of literature.

特质主线可谓是贯穿了整个文学史
So, the plot of mistaken identity is a staple of Renaissance comedy.

错误特质是文艺复兴时期喜剧的主题
Think of Midsummer Night's Dream, for example.

比如《仲夏夜之梦》
Secret identity is a staple of Gothic fiction.

神秘特质就是哥特小说的主题
This happens a lot in Dickens,

狄更斯的小说里这种例子很多
other kinds of Victorian fiction.

维多利亚小说也一样
Artistic identity.

美学特质
Think of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,

再看《青年艺术家的肖像》
Joyce's novel about the artistic formation of a person.

乔伊斯写的这本书讨论了人的美学构成
That's especially important to Modernism.

对现代主义的意义尤为重大