novels that feature the Identity Plot 'cause those are the kinds of

是这场讨论的中心西方社会中
novels that people thought of as either advancing or resisting the

白人有压制其他人种的特权而这类小说
hegemony of a white Western tradition that was oppressive

让人们更清楚地意识到到这个问题
to minority people.

并审视自己的立场
By the way, this final incarnation of the Identity Plot is going to be

具象地理解好特质主线里最后这个要点
very important to us when we read The Human Stain.

这对于我们阅读《人性的污点》是很有帮助的
That novel is deeply embedded in that final iteration of it.

因为这一点这本小说中得到深刻的体现
How else do you know it's a dominant convention?

你这么知道这就是它的主导模式呢
Well, it has an end.

答案就写在结尾
This is another way you can locate its historical specificity.

它的历史特殊性也在这里体现出来了
So, it has its limits, and you can see it coming to its end

所以它有也自己的局限在结尾处你就会发现
when you see more elaborate embellishment and variation

有很多的精心修饰叙事规则的变奏