C1:
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1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
How Thornton Wilder’s early experiences influenced his fiction
How literary criticism can change writer’s part of view
Why The Bridge of San Luis Pay is no longer a popular now
Why Thornton Wilder preformed to write in a particular style
2. What does the man say about the characters in the bridge of san luis rey?
They are based on people the author met in
They are based on the author and his family
They do not research real people
They all have similar personalities
3. What do the speakers imply about the setting of the Bridge of San Luis Pay?
A. It enabled Wilder to address contemporary issues.
It gave Wilder the freedom to convey his ideas.
It limited the scope of Wilder’s imagination.
It encouraged Wilder to rely on his memories.
4. What does the woman suggest the man should do for his paper?(多选题)
Examine the debates about Wilder’s fiction
Compare Wilder’s novels to his plays
Read another one of Wilder’s novels
Check the accuracy of Wilder’s descriptions of Penu
5. Why does the woman say this:
To find out whether the man remembers specific details from the novel
To point out that the setting of the novel is ignored by most critics
To encourage the man to consider the motivators behind Wilder’s approach to writing
To suggest that the philosophy expressed in The Bridge of San Luis Pay is often misinterpreted