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Catherine Stimpson calls for a reassessment of literary merit based on affec

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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] The author of the passage mentions Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women primarily in order to provide an example of a work that
选项 A、the author of the passage feels has been inappropriately excluded from the canon
B、the author of the passage and Stimpson agree is emotionally satisfying
C、Stimpson feels has not been sufficiently appreciated by scholars
D、conforms to Barnes’s ethical and aesthetic standards
E、presents an ambiguous view of the concept of love
答案 C
解析 对应第一段第二句。A项文章没有作者观点。B项文章没有作者观点。D项文章没有提及巴尔内斯的标准。E项呈现了关于爱的模糊观点的是斯丁普森的定义，而非这部作品。
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