来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第6集 第6集》

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  The only purpose of the work of art is to afford aesthetic bliss.
  艺术作品的唯一目的就是提供审美愉悦
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  Second, a sense of crisis,
  第二 危机感
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  a radical break in culture,
  一种文化上的彻底决裂
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  an overturning of conventional artistic forms that goes with a sense
  伴随着传统艺术形式被推翻而产生的
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  that civilization itself is being overturned.
  文明本身被颠覆的感觉
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  Third, the idea that the paradigm of experience is artistic experience,
  第三 认为经验范例就是艺术经验
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  that the norms for everyone
  所有人所遵守的标准
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  should be artistic norms of careful perception, deep reflection,
  即是艺术细致观察和深度思考的标准
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  that the idea that culture itself is the saving,
  认为文化本身是一种积累
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  most important activity that people can engage in.
  是大多数人可以参与的一项最重要的活动
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  Fourth--and this goes along with that--a rejection of convention,
  第四 随着对习俗的摒弃
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  especially sexual convention, sexual morality,
  特别是性习俗 性道德