Self-study
P1
OPA ·
Jewett is a "domestic novelist"
Author’s Concession ·
Some similarities
focus on women; domestic occupations; social interactions; men relegated to periphery
Main Point / Critique ·
Major differences
Premise ·
No children or childrearing
Domestic novels revolve around children which are absent in Jewett's works.
Premise ·
Secular worldview
Domestic novels are religious whereas Jewett's works are secular.
P2
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Author's Anticipated Rebuttal ·
These differences could be attributable to historical changes
Meaning that Jewett may yet be a domestic novelist.
Concession / Premise ·
Jewett had a difference conception of nature and fiction
The historical factor may be part of the explanation but it's not the main explanation.
Premise ·
Domestic novels view fiction as part of a continuum
Fiction is connected to religious writing and domestic instruction. A novel could double as a child-rearing manual and a tract on Christian duty.
Premise ·
Jewett thinks of fiction as distinct
The point of fiction isn't to teach anything. It's "high-culture" and has value in and of itself.
P3
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Historical context ·
Fiction became "pure art"
Fiction's value is independent of social this or teaching that. This is like our modern conception of fiction: it's valuable in and of itself as art.
Main Point / Critique ·
Jewett is fundamentally different from domestic novelists
Because she viewed fiction as art.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Spotlight
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Question Type
Implied
Purpose of passage
What’s the primary purpose of the passage? This passage has elements of Spotlight and Critique/Debate. The author emphasizes the purpose behind Jewett’s fiction and how it differs from those of domestic novelists as a way to rebut the critics’ view that Jewett’s work is aligned with the domestic novelists’. So the primary purpose relates to rebutting the critics’ view or showing how Jewett’s work is different from the domestic novelists’ work.
a
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The author focuses on how Jewett’s work is classified. She doesn’t redefine entire historical categories of literary style.
b
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The author focuses on Jewett’s work and how it relates to the domestic novelists’. But the author doesn’t explore Jewett’s work as an example of a particular style. In other words, the focus of the passage is on Jewett, not on a style of writing.
c
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The primary purpose concerns Jewett’s work. The author doesn’t focus on the historical connections between a group of writers. Although the overall point relates to the relationship between Jewett’s work and the domestic novelists’, this passage is primarily focused on Jewett, not on a group of writers.
d
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The primary purpose concerns Jewett’s work, not on differing conceptions of fiction. Although differing conceptions of fiction are relevant to how we assess Jewett’s work, the primary purpose of the passage is still on her work and not on conceptions of fiction.
e
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This is the best answer. The author