this mode of reading looks for those tropes that unify a work.

这种形式的阅读是在寻找联结整部作品的比喻
It looks for that circularity that I've described

寻找这一章中我提到过的
in this little chapter, tracks the symbols.

反复出现的作为象征的意象
There's more to it than that.

除此之外还有更多
It also looks for ambiguity.

它同样寻找一种模糊的东西
O'Connor says about her symbols that they should "keep on deepening,"

奥康纳说过她的那些象征应该"继续深入"
that they should never be reduced to a simple equation, X equals Y,

决不能被简单地作等式比如X等于Y
cloud equals God, that they should have a sense of mystery about them.

云等于上帝它们应该具有一些内在的神秘性
Well, this was part and parcel of what a New Critical reading practice

这是新批评式阅读的大致形式的一部分
would look like, and it's still extremely powerful in our classrooms.

但在我们的学习中却是非常非常有用的
We do a lot of close readings.

我们做了很多相关阅读
Now, we put our close readings to different kinds of uses,

我们把相关阅读用于不同的目的