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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  in the 1920s that are working out the logic of race,
  都已经形成了种族逻辑
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  of a nativist logic of race in the early twentieth century,
  即二十世纪早期的种族先天论
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  that these novels are governed by that logic.
  这些小说都遵循着这一逻辑
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  So, you have to be prepared to explain how your feature is
  所以你需要解释你所选的这个特色
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  different from other incarnations in the history of literature.
  和文学史上其他典型有什么不同
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  My contention is that the Identity Plot, as I am describing it,
  我的论点是 在这个时期
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  becomes a preoccupation of both literary and genre varieties of
  不管是文艺小说还是风俗小说
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  writing in this period, so that suggests its scope,
  特质主线都极受关注 适用范围极广
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  that it's not just the concern of a few writers;
  并不是仅有几个作家注重它
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  it's the concern of lots of writers.
  许多作家都是这样的
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  It's different in the degree of its presence.
  只是在使用的程度有所不同
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  So, while Walter Benn Michaels argues very persuasively for the
  沃特·本·迈克斯所说的关于