Now, why the Fat Lady? It's this mythical, incredibly humanly embodied-- whenever you see a fat lady in a novel, one of the first things you want to ask is: why does that person need to be excessively embodied?

现在，为什么是胖太太，这是个神话，人们呈现了，无论你什么时候看到一个胖太太,在小说里，你首先会想问：,为什么那个人需要被这样过多的描写呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选