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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
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
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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 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 sev-eral"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
依据文章最后一句我们知道,作者认为传记难写,即使研究对象自己也很难“讲出”自己的故事,历史已经证明了这一点。选择项[C]符合文章内容,选择项[A]、[B]、[D]与文章的内容要矛盾或不相符。
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