And as you read the story, remember its larger context: God's promise to make Abraham the father of a great people through his son, Isaac.

当阅读这个故事时，记住它的大框架：上帝许诺,亚伯拉罕通过他的儿子以撒成为大国之父。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Hawthorne wrote a short story you should read sometime, as a balance to all of this optimism of this period, irresistible as that optimism was.

霍桑写了篇短文,有机会你应当读读看,他给那个狂热乐观主义时代打了一针清醒剂,因为那是种不容抗拒的乐观

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

So what I want to do today is look closely first at the selections from Black Boy that I asked you to read and to look at those as a text and to ask ourselves what kind of story it is.

它们细微的差别,我先读部分《黑孩子》,先前我布置给大家去阅读,并思考几个问题,我发现了什么,故事是什么类型。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选