Current feminist theory, in validating women’s own
stories of their experience, has encouraged scholars
of women’s history to view the use of women’s oral
narratives as the methodology, next to the use of
women’s written autobiography, that brings historians
closest to the “reality” of women’s lives. Such
narratives, unlike most standard histories, represent
experience from the perspective of women, affi rm
the importance of women’s contributions, and furnish
present-day women with historical continuity that is
essential to their identity, individually and collectively.
Scholars of women’s history should, however, be
as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face
value as they already are about written memories.
Oral narratives are no more likely than are written
narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on
events or people. Moreover, the stories people tell to
explain themselves are shaped by narrative devices
and storytelling conventions, as well as by other
cultural and historical factors, in ways that the
storytellers may be unaware of. The political rhetoric
of a particular era, for example, may infl uence
women’s interpretations of the signifi cance of their
experience. Thus a woman who views the Second
World War as pivotal in increasing the social
acceptance of women’s paid work outside the home
may reach that conclusion partly and unwittingly
because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive
view of women’s participation in such work.
40. According to the passage, scholars of women’s history
should refrain from doing which of the following?
(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when
women’s oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the infl uence of political rhetoric on
women’s perceptions to the exclusion of other
equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical
factors that infl uence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women’s
written autobiographies are similar to the
conventions of women’s oral narratives
(E) Accepting women’s oral narratives less critically
than they accept women’s written histories
答案为E，看不懂这题啥意思啊，能不能给我讲讲？谢谢！作者: rudder86 时间: 2010-10-7 20:43
Scholars of women’s history should, however, be
as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face
value as they already are about written memories.
Oral narratives are no more likely than are written
narratives to provide a disinterested （这个是无偏袒的的意思）commentary on
events or people
这个是这道题的原文的对应点
e说的是学术上注重接受口头叙事，但是他的价值本身不如书写的有价值，但是提干上说是refrain from 是要克制戒除的...
与我摘取的段落正好是对应的,学者要重视呀~作者: victoria820 时间: 2010-10-8 06:39
at face value 是什么意思啊？
E说的是接受口头的要比书写的少些批评。抑制这个，也就是说文章让学者们要对口头叙述的多些批评？作者: MarilynR 时间: 2010-10-8 19:33
因为口头和书面材料比有两个弊端
1。Oral narratives are no more likely than are written
narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on
events or people.
the stories people tell to
explain themselves are shaped by narrative devices
and storytelling conventions, as well as by other
cultural and historical factors, in ways that the
所以作者采用时要更严谨些
storytellers may be unaware of.作者: nymphl 时间: 2010-10-9 06:37
刚做了这题
觉得选项B也可以选
scholars of women’s history should refrain from Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on
women’s perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
不能只focus political 而排斥其它因素
有人可以解释一下吗？难道我对B理解错了？
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