passage 71 FF的作品在多愁善感中针砭时弊

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先看题：

For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. 

1. The passage suggests which of the following about the contradiction mentioned in the highlighted sentence? 全文推断

2. It can be inferred from the passage that Tompkins would be most likely to agree with which of the following about the critics mentioned in the passage? 推断+态度

这篇文章难倒不在结构上，而在单词上。

随便挑几个：pious, insipid, sardonic 包括选项里的pejorative

阵亡一大批同学。

说结构不难，那就来看下结构吧~

这篇就比较考验文章分析基本法的功力了：

①Before feminist literary criticism emerged in the 1970s, the nineteenth-century United States writer Fanny Fern was regarded by most critics (when considered at all) as a prototype of weepy sentimentalism–a pious, insipid icon of conventional American culture. ②Feminist reclamations of Fern, by contrast, emphasize her nonsentimental qualities, particularly her sharply humorous social criticism. ③Most feminist scholars found it difficult to reconcile Fern’s sardonic social critiques with her elusive celebrations of many conventional values.  ④Attempting to resolve this contradiction, Harris concludes that Fern employed flowery rhetoric strategically to disguise her subversive goals beneath apparent conventionality. ⑤However, Tompkins proposes an alternative view of sentimentality itself, suggesting that sentimental writing could serve radical, rather than only conservative, ends by swaying readers emotionally, moving them to embrace social change.

pious 虔诚的

insipid 无趣的

reclamation 纠正

sardonic 讽刺的，嘲笑的

① 观点，1970女权文学评论兴起之前，人们认为FF的作品太多愁善感，典型的美国传统文化特征

② 转折观点，而女权维护FF的不多愁善感的成分，特别是她的尖锐幽默的社会评论

③ 观点，不过也是挺难调和的

④ H的顺承观点，为了调和，哈里斯想了办法解读

⑤ 转折观点，然而T给出了另一种方式的解读。

所以看出来文章框架没：

① ↔ ②

      ↓

     ③

      ↓

  ④ ↔ ⑤

For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.

1. The passage suggests which of the following about the contradiction mentioned in the highlighted sentence? 

AC

A. It was not generally addressed by critics before the 1970s. 在这个时间点之前，都认为她不好，没有出现冲突。对应①

B. It is apparent in only a small number of Fern’s writings. 没有证据

C. It has troubled many feminist critics who study Fern. 对应③

 

★☆2. It can be inferred from the passage that Tompkins would be most likely to agree with which of the following about the critics mentioned in the passage? 推断+态度

A. They accurately characterize the overall result Fern is aiming to achieve. NE

B. They are not as dismissive [JC1] of Fern as some feminist critics have suggested. 没有证据

C. They exaggerate the extent to which Fern intended her writing to serve a social purpose. 没有证据

D. They wrongly assume that sentimental must be a pejorative term.

E. They fail to recognize that sentimental rhetoric plays to readers’ emotions. 没有证据。不知道他们有没有认识到。

 [JC1] 轻蔑，不屑一顾 

做第二题核心是要抓住Tompkins的观点到底是什么，这样就不会被E的emotion带走。

背景拓展：

Fanny Fern, born Sara Willis (July 9, 1811 – October 10, 1872), was an American novelist, children's writer, humorist, and newspaper columnist in the 1850s to 1870s. Fern's popularity has been attributed to her conversational style and sense of what mattered to her mostly middle-class female readers. By 1855, Fern was the highest-paid columnist in the United States, commanding $100 per week for her New York Ledger column. A collection of her columns published in 1853 sold 70,000 copies in its first year. Her best-known work, the fictional autobiography Ruth Hall (1854), has become a popular subject among feminist literary scholars.