Self-study
P1
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Background Positions ·
1. High art; 2. radical
One view of art was that it was above the everyday. Another view of art was that it had to be politically useful.
Dostoyevsky's View ·
Fantasy and reality are not in principle distinct (contra radical view)
Not sure what this means, but I suspect this may be the main point and the rest of the passage will flesh this out.
P2
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Radical View ·
Art must depict reality as is
Critique ·
"Reality" is subjective
Reality is shaped by subjective experience. The writer's job is to blend reality and fantasy.
P3
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Radical View ·
Art must serve politics
Critique ·
Art must stand or fall on its own merits
Literature has to be well written.
P4
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Radical View ·
Art must be useful
Critique ·
How can we know what will be useful?
It's not possible to predict in what ways art may be useful.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Spotlight
24.
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a
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The passage doesn’t elaborate upon the first position presented (the view that art “stood high above the present and the everyday”).
b
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The passage doesn’t differentiate Dostoyevsky’s view from the first position (the view that art “stood high above the present and the everyday”) in detail.
c
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This best captures the organization. Three positions are presented in P1. The third, Dostoyevsky’s, is differentiated from the second (the radical critics’ view that literature should be useful) in detail in the rest of the passage.
d
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The author doesn’t show that Dostoyevsky’s view is “superior” to the first two positions. The author merely describes Dostoyevsky’s view without suggesting that it’s better.
e
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The author doesn’t show that Dostoyevsky’s view is “inferior” to anything. The author merely describes Dostoyevsky’s view without suggesting that it’s worse.