The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age pdf

罗伯特·阿尔特 是美国加州大学伯克利分校的希伯来语和比较文学教授，自 1967 年以来一直在那里任教。他于 2018 年出版了他的希伯来圣经译本。Robert Alter 获得了英语学士学位（哥伦比亚大学， 1957 年），并获得哈佛大学比较文学硕士学位（1958 年）和博士学位（1962 年）。 他的职业生涯始于 Commentary 的作家，多年来一直担任特约编辑。 他写了二十三本书，最近因翻译整本希伯来圣经而闻名。 他的演讲主题从圣经情节到卡夫卡的现代主义和希伯来文学不等。 Alter 的一项重要贡献是将字体场景引入当代学术希伯来圣经研究。

The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age pdf 罗伯特·阿尔特

From one of our premier literary scholars, here is a learned and witty introduction to the “sheer vitality of literature and the satisfactions of a close, informed engagement with it” (New York Times). Robert Alter’s illumination of the unique power of reading literature is especially valuable at a time when we are surrounded by electronic texts that distract more than engage and when the special claims of literature are disparaged by the high priests of literary theory. Alter explores the strategies that distinguish literature—the resources of style, the dynamics of allusion, the formal design of structure, the play of perspective in narrative. He draws on copious examples from the great works of literary art—from the Book of Genesis to Shakespeare, Conrad, and Nabokov—to illustrate his analysis of what makes reading a source of complex pleasure and insight.