In the past, literary critics have given themselves far too elevated and authoritative a status, believing that it is incumbent on them to guide and correct literature's and readers 'morality. Perhaps they do have such a responsibility, but then again perhaps not.
過去文學批評者賦予自己過份崇高、權威的角色，希望他們有導正文學風氣、讀者品味的責任，也許是吧，也許不是。