The writer is committed when he plunges to the very depths of himself with the intent to disclose, not his individuality, but his person in the complex society that conditions and supports him.

当作家全身心投入到自己的内心深处,并不是要揭示他的个性,而是要揭示他在这个复杂的社会中所处的环境和所支持的那个人的时候,他就已经全身心投入了。

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

艺术的功能是更新我们的感知。我们熟悉的东西我们就看不见了。作者对熟悉的场景进行了震撼,就像施了魔法一样,我们从中看到了新的含义。

Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters - not so much above the clatter as part of it.

我们的社会,就像腐朽的罗马一样,已经变成了一个娱乐社会,作家主要是宫廷弄臣中的一员。