GRE阅读机经 Passage 37
Because the subject matter was so personal, the work of several prominent mid-twentieth century poets has been termed “confessional” poetry. But confession is a bad metaphor for what those poets did. The motive for confession is penitential or therapeutic—by speaking openly about personal guilt and suffering, the poet hopes to make them easier to bear. But these poets always approached their writing as artists, and their motive was aesthetic. Writing from experiences like madness, despair, and lust, their aim was to make effective art, not to cure themselves. To treat their poems mainly as documents of personal experience is not just to diminish the poets’ achievement, but to ignore their unanimous disdain for the idea of confessional poetry.文章解析
白话版讲解:
因为(作品)主题太涉及个人(私人生活)了,所以20世纪中叶几位诗人的作品,被称为“忏悔派诗歌”。但是把这几位诗人的作品比喻为“忏悔”,并不是一个很好的比喻。一个人(找神父)去忏悔(向神父私下坦白自己做过的坏事),他的动机是想悔过和治愈。诗人在作品中公开谈论自己的罪过和苦痛,是希望这些罪过和苦痛能变得更容易忍受些。(从这个角度看,这样比喻不是不可以),但这个比喻还是不太好。因为毕竟这些诗人是以艺术家的身份去对待写作,他们(最主要的动机)还是美学上的(即诗人的忏悔和普通人的忏悔不一样,诗人的忏悔主要还是在追求艺术、追求美)。诗人根据自己亲身体验过的疯狂、绝望、肉欲来写作,(虽然和普通人的忏悔类似),但他们的目的还是创作出给人印象深刻的(effective)艺术作品,而不是治愈自己。如果我们把这些诗人的这种诗作仅仅是当作他们个人(罪过和苦痛)经验的纪录,那就错了。那就不仅贬低了这些诗人的成就,也忽视了这些诗人自己都是鄙视“忏悔派诗歌”这一概念的。题目解析
Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. 1. The author of the passage suggests that applying the term “confessional” to the work of the poets discussed A. is mistaken in what it seems to imply about the poets’ motivation. B. might seem superficially appropriate given the subject matter of the poems. C. is an error arising from the absence of any other convenient term.白话版讲解:
文章作者暗示,用“忏悔派”诗歌这个词来称呼文章讨论的那些诗人的作品…… A“在暗示那些诗人(写这些诗)的动机方面,错了”(即搞错了那些诗人写诗的动机) B“考虑到这些诗的主题,忏悔派诗歌这一名称表面上看起来是一个合适的名称” C“因为找不到其他合宜的名称而错用了这个名称” 本题答案:AB Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. 2. The passage implies that the poets discussed did NOT A. think that a poet’s motivation for writing was relevant in evaluating that poet’s work. B. experience any relief of their personal suffering as a result of writing C. apply to their own work the label by which it has subsequently been known.白话版讲解:
文章暗示那些诗人并不……? A“并不认为,在评价一个诗人的作品时,诗人写作的动机是什么,是一个不相关的因素(不需要考虑这个因素,也就是说评价一个诗人的诗写得好不好,不需要去考虑他写诗是出于什么动机)” 文章并没有明确提到,那些诗人们认为,在评价一个诗人的作品时,哪些因素是relevant的,哪些因素是irrelevant的。所以A选项错误。(也可以把最后一句话理解为,文章暗示了,那些诗人们认为,在评价一个诗人的作品时,诗人的写作动机是什么,是一个相关的因素)。 B“并没有因为写作时把自己的苦痛都写出来而减轻了一些苦痛” 根据the poet hopes to make them easier to bear那句话,B选项错误。 C“并没有自己给自己的作品加上忏悔派诗歌这个标签,这个标签后来被大家所知” 因为根据文章最后一句话,这些诗人自己是disdain这个标签的,所以这个标签肯定不是他们自己给自己贴的,所以C选项正确。 本题答案:CTD福利 & 领取方式
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