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
考研
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
2015-01-15
32
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 with 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" characterisation 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.
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
选项
A、An authentic biography seldom appeals to its readers.
B、An authentic biography is one authorized by the subject.
C、No one can write a perfect biography.
D、Authorized biographies have a wider readership.
答案
C
解析
通过阅读全文,我们可以领会作者的用意:传记写作难。C项“任何人都不会写出十全十美的传记”这种看法比较客观,易于接受,也同作者的基本观点相吻合。故答案为C项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/K4hi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
可供战略联盟对象选择的方面有()。
某媒体的优点是可选择适当的地区和对象、可靠且有名气、时效长、传阅读者多;其缺点是广告购买前置时间长、有些发行量是无效。这类媒体是()。
可供战略联盟对象选择的方面有()。
Asregardshisparents’shoppingforthegrandchildren,theauthor______"Personalitytransformation"intheauthor’sparents
Asregardshisparents’shoppingforthegrandchildren,theauthor______Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatwhentheaut
Asregardshisparents’shoppingforthegrandchildren,theauthor______Whathappensafterthekidshavehadallthesweets?
Mysurpriseoverthepastfewwintershasbeenthepersonalitytransformationmyparentsgothrougharoundmid-Decemberasthey
Seahorsesareunusualparents.Thefemaleseahorseslaytheeggs,butunlikeothercreatures,it’sthemalesthatgivebirtht
Parentscannomorebefriendstotheirchildrenthanteacherscanbetotheirstudents.Fortheessenceoffriendshipisrecipr
Parentscannomorebefriendstotheirchildrenthanteacherscanbetotheirstudents.Fortheessenceoffriendshipisrecipr
随机试题
小学三年级学生娜娜学习成绩优异,每天除了完成功课外,还坚持练习演讲,一个下雨天,娜娜在放学路上发现有个小妹妹正在哭泣,就猜想她是发生了什么事情,上述情形反映出娜娜这个年龄阶段孩子的主要心理发展特征是()。
动脉粥样硬化脂纹瘸变中主要的细胞成分是()
A.Miles手术B.Hartmann手术C.Dixon手术D.拉下式直肠癌切除术距肛门口7~10cm之间的直肠癌多采用
A、山莨菪碱B、毒扁豆碱C、后马托品D、贝那替嗪E、新斯的明治疗青光眼可选用
已知(X,Y)的联合概率密度则A=()。
根据世界银行规定,下列各项中可以计入项目直接建设成本的是()。
根据外汇管理法律制度的规定,外汇包括外币现钞、外币支付凭证或者支付工具、外币有价证券、特别提款权及其他外汇资产。其中,不属于外币支付凭证或者支付工具的是()。
现代市场体系是()。
某公司计划购买一批灯泡,11W的普通节能灯泡耗电110度/万小时,单价20元;5W的LED灯泡耗电50度/万小时,单价110元。若两种灯泡使用寿命均为5000小时,每度电价格为0.5元,则每万小时LED灯泡的总使用成本是普通节能灯泡的多少倍?(
根据下列材料,回答问题。假定某门学科的测验成绩分布为正态分布,从某一学区随机抽取65名考生的平均分为74,标准差为8。根据本次测验成绩,该测验分数的平均数的标准误()
最新回复
(
0
)