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Catherine Stimpson calls for a reassessment of literary merit based on affec
Catherine Stimpson calls for a reassessment of literary merit based on affec
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2024-01-10
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问题
Catherine Stimpson calls for a reassessment of literary merit based on affective standards—on how literary works make readers feel—rather than on the aesthetic standards traditionally used to define the canon, the body of literary works generally accepted as “great”, Stimpson advocates an alterative para canon for literary works, such as Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, because she believes such works have been unjustifiably neglected by unsympathetic scholars. According to Stimpson, a paracanonical work may or may not have literary value by traditional standards; rather, its worth consists in its “capacity to inspire love.”
Elizabeth Barnes criticizes Stimpson’s approach as subjective and therefore uncritical. “Although Stimpson never actually defines ‘love,’ she implies that a lovable work is one that so engages the reader that its worldview becomes inseparable from the reader’s own” (Stimpson acknowledges that the values reflected in Little Women may have subconsciously influenced her invention of the para canon). For Barnes, the conflation of ethics and aesthetics implicit in Stimpson’s approach (in which “good ”can refer to something morally sound and/or above average in quality) demonstrates the ambiguity inherent in such concepts as goodness and love. [br] According to the passage, Stimpson advocated the creation of a paracanon because she
选项
A、found many of the works that were included in the canon to be uninspiring
B、rejected the ethical standards reflected in many canonical works
C、failed to convince other scholars that some of her favorite works should be added to the canon
D、felt that the values of some works has gone unrecognized by critics who are concerned only with traditional aesthetic standards
E、insisted on strict adherence to traditional standards for the evaluation of literature
答案
D
解析
本题考查的是凯瑟琳.斯丁普森提出自己评价标准的原因,对应第一段第二句。选项D同义改写第二句,critics who are concerned only with traditional aesthetic standards对应unsympathetic scholars。A项与本题无关。
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