夏季的风城芝加哥,一扫往日的阴霾,碧空白云。密执安湖的千里碧波在阳光的辉映下,卷起层层迷彩般的波浪。来自各国的30余位学者在芝加哥大学欢聚一堂,对亨利·詹姆斯,这位19世纪末、20世纪初的艺术大师予以特别的关注,共同对其小说美学进行集中研讨。研讨会由著名教授马克·克拉普里克主持。克氏长于文化批评和文本批评,著述颇丰,为莱昂内尔·特里林专家。他一开始就建议将詹姆斯的作品进行分类研讨,即按其短篇小说,中篇,长篇小说以及评论进行研讨,而不采取泛泛研讨或按作家创作年 Summer windy Chicago, swept the haze of the past, blue sky and clouds. The thousands of miles of the Lake Michigan Bibo waved in the sun, roll up layers of camouflage waves. More than 30 scholars from all over the world gathered at the University of Chicago to give special attention to Henry James, an art master from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and to focus on aesthetics of his novels. The seminar was presided over by famous professor Mark Klaplik. Krypton grew out of cultural criticism and text criticism and wrote quite well as a Lionel Trilling expert. From the outset, he proposed to classify James’s work into categories based on his short stories, medium-length novels, novels, and critiques instead of taking a general discussion or authoring year