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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
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2016-06-22
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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.
An unauthorized biography is likely to attract more readers because______.
选项
A、it portrays the subject both faithfully and vividly
B、it contains interesting information about the subject’s private life
C、it reveals a lot of accurate details unknown to outsiders
D、it usually gives a sympathetic description of the subject’s character
答案
B
解析
本题问一部未经授权的传记作品可能会吸引更多的读者,原因何在。最后一段第4句话指出:在促进传记销售方面,“未经授权的”传记作品通常暗示人们书中含有他们所期待的、所感兴趣的内幕情况,这些也是研究对象希望掩饰的。B项说“它包含着令人感兴趣的有关传记对象私生活的内容",这句与上句话内容相吻合,故B项为正确答案。
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