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The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象). To close a relation, and the writer m
The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象). To close a relation, and the writer m
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The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with respect to the subject(研究对象). To 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. Similary, 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 hiogr0phies 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.
The author cites the biographies of Jesus in the Bible in order to show that ______.
选项
A、the best biographies are meant to transform their readers
B、biographies are authentic accounts of their subjects’ lives
C、the best biographies are those of heroes and famous figures
D、biographies can serve different purposes
答案
D
解析
在文章第三段中,作者指出如果传记有关于英雄人物或伟大人物的,那么它的目的在于告诉读者这些英雄或伟人也是普普通通的人,而另外一些传记的目的是为了改造人,使人们变得更好。因此,不同的传记具有不同的目的。选择项[D]符合文章内容。作者并未认为最有意改造读者的就是最好的传记,因此选择项[A]错。选择项[B]与本题题意不符。选择项[C]错,理由同选择项[A]。
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