subject of history.

历史是最浓墨重彩的一笔
It's not unrelated to identity, but it is distinctly different.

它并不是与特质毫无关联但确实很不一样
And so, in Cormac McCarthy for example, there is a palpable

比如科马克·麦卡锡就与历史
engagement with history.

紧紧相连
And in Edward P.Jones,

在爱德华·P·琼斯的小说中
in a novel that really seems like a classic outgrowth of the

有一本可以看做是
Identity Plot novels, especially of Toni Morrison,

特质主线小说的衍生体中特别是托妮·莫里森的小说
is really much more about the terror of history than it is about the

似乎对于当时历史恐怖的描写远远要多于
dramas of identity.

表达特质的情节部分
So, we will see how that subject gets changed.

我们来看看主题是怎么变化的
When we read the Woman Warrior we might feel that it is very,

阅读《女勇士》的时候我们会觉得
very conventional because it does so much of what I have just described

它非常规则因为我说过的那些特质主线小说所具备的特点