首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象). Too close a relation, and the writer
The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象). Too close a relation, and the writer
admin
2010-07-14
50
问题
The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象). Too close a relation, and the writer may lose objectivity. Not close enough, and the writer may lack the sympathy necessary to any effort to portray a mind, a soul—the quality of life. Who should write the biography of a family, for example? Because of their closeness to the subject, family members may have special information, but by the same token, they may not have the distance that would allow them to be fair. Similarly, a king’s servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might not have the knowledge and sympathy necessary to write the king’s biography—not for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate.
There is no ideal position for such a task. The biographer has to work within the position he or she has in the world, adjusting that position as necessary to deal with the subject. Every position has strengths and weaknesses: to thrive, a writer must try to become aware of these, evaluate them in terms of the subject, and select a position accordingly.
When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive: they attempt to show that their subjects are only human, no better than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to change us, to invite us to become better than we are. The biographies of Jesus (耶稣) found in the Bible are in this class.
Biographers may claim that their account is the "authentic" one. In advancing this claim, they are helped if the biography is "authorized" by the subject; this presumably allows the biographer special access to private information. "Unauthorized" biographies also have their appeal, however, since they can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, the "unauthorized" characterization usually suggests the prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. A subject might have several biographies, even several "authentic" ones. We sense intuitively that no one is in a position to tell the story of a life, perhaps not even the subject, and this has been proved by the history of biography.
According to the author, an ideal biographer would be one who ______.
选项
A、knows the subject very well and yet maintains a proper distance from him
B、is close to the subject and knows the techniques of biography writing
C、is independent and treats the subject with fairness and objectivity
D、possesses special private information and is sympathetic toward the subject
答案
A
解析
细节题。根据文章第一段,传记作家在与传主关系方面,关系太近太远都不好,因此既要比较了解,又要保持一定距离。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/EJ7K777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Yellow.B、Red.C、Green.D、Black.A本题问“博物馆的屋顶是什么颜色”。文中提到“TheMuseumisyellow,whichstandsfortheemperor"。故[A]“黄色”为正确答案。
A、Thedisadvantagesofworkinginanoffice.B、Thewasteproducedinanoffice.C、Tosaveresourceswhenworkinginanoffice.D
Airpollutionisoneofthemostpervasiveenvironmentalproblemsbecauseatmosphericcurrentscancarrycontaminatedairtoeve
ItseemslikeAmericansusecreditcardsforeverything.It’saloteasiertospendmoneythatyoudon’tsee,isn’tit?ManyAme
A、Throughfood.B、Throughair.C、Throughinsects.D、Thoughbodyfluids.D
TheSeattleTimesCompanyisonenewspaperfirmthathasrecognizedtheneedforchangeanddonesomethingaboutit.Inthenews
A、NoteveryonefromEnglandlikestoreadallthetime.B、PeoplewhoteachEnglishlikethingsbesidesbook.C、TheEnglishlike
A、AndrewprefersfillingthebadtoothtotakingitoutB、Janepreferstohavethebadtoothfilledratherthanpulled.C、Neithe
Geneticengineering,theprocessofsplicing(连接)togetherDNAfromdifferentorganismstocreateapreferredtypeofplanto
Somesaythatnothingismorevividormemorablethanapicture.Wedisagree.Novisualimageisasvividastheimagecreatedb
随机试题
板桩码头建筑物的优点是()等。
下列哪一种疾病与HLA-B27抗原相关性最明显
施工荷载不包括()。
票据的出票日期使用中文大写或小写均可。()
世界贸易组织的职能包括()。
Theymayhavelivedsome1,700yearsago,buttheancientMayahadanincredibleknowledgeofcelestialbodies,whichtheybelie
Morethan2,000yearsago,thephilosopherSocrateswanderedaroundAthensaskingquestions,anapproachtofind【M1】______truth
OneofNature’smostexcitingmysteriesishowpigeonsfindtheirwayhomeovervastdistances.NowGermanscientistsbelieveth
Someonetoldhimthathewouldgetpromotion,and_________________________(这是多年来他所期限望的).
Thetaskofbeingacceptedandenrolledinauniversitybeginsearlyforsomestudents,longbeforetheygraduatefromhighscho
最新回复
(
0
)