Vocabulary:

1. I think we should banish驱逐，赶走，此处可为不再提及 all further mention of the words ‘literature’ and ‘literary’ and ‘literati.

He was banished from his homeland due to opposite political standpoint.

2. But the great preponderance多数，优势，主体 of what writers now write and sell

The preponderance of China is the huge amount of people.

3. don’t be buffaloed愚弄 into the idea that it’s an inferior species.

4. Probably it’s difficult for anyone who remembers the prodigious巨大的 success of Gone With the Wind

5.When you first heard them they sounded so felicitous（措辞）恰当的 that you didn’t give them a second thought.

Reflection:

"Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it."

中国古代文学有华丽的骈文，精炼的古言绝句，或婉转或磅礴的词，各有千秋各领风骚。而小说和非小说不也是这样吗？题材文体没有高下，内容质量才有高低。