It is the writer whose world the reader is here asked to get clear.

读者要看清的是作者的世界。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

that after Lolita.) But what I mean is that the reader must know when and where to contribute his imagination, and this he does by trying to get clear the specific world the author places at his disposal.

有些人可能就会那样想）,但我的意思是,读者必须知道何时何地需要发挥想像力,这样以看清作者所设置的特定的世界,在这篇小品文中。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选