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Many critics of Eamily Bronte‘s novel Wuthering Heights
see its second part as a counterpoint that comments on,
if it does not reverse, the first part, where
a “romantic" reading receives more confirmation. Seeing
5 the two parts as a whole is encouraged by the novel‘s
sophisticated structure, revealed in its complex use of
narrators and time shifts. Granted that the presence of
these elements need not argue an authorial awareness
of novelistic construction comparable to that of Henry
10 James, their presence does encourage attempts to
unify the novel‘s heterogeneous parts. However, any
interpretation that seeks to unify all of the novel‘s
diverse elements is bound to be somewhat
unconvincing. This is not because such an
15 interpretation necessarily stiffens into a thesis
(although rigidity in any interpretation of this or
of any novel is always a danger), but because Wuthering
Heights has recalcitrant elements of undeniable power
that, ultimately, resist inclusion in an all-encompassing
20 interpretation. In this respect, Wuthering Heights
shares a feature of Hamlet.
(164 words)
1. According to the passage, which of the following is
a true statement about the first and second parts of
Wuthering Heights?
(A) The second part has received more attention
from critics.
(B) The second part has little relation to the first part.
(C) The second part annuls the force of the first part.
(D) The second part provides less substantiation
for a "romantic" reading.
(E)The second part is better because it is more realistic.
2. Which of the following inferences about Henry
James‘s awareness of novelistic construction is
best supported by the passage?
(A) James, more than any other novelist, was
aware of the difficulties of novelistic
construction.
(B) James was very aware of the details of novel-
istic construction.
(C) James‘s awareness of novelistic construction
derived from his reading of Bronte.
(D) James‘s awareness of novelistic construction
has led most commentators to see unity in
his individual novels.
(E) James‘s awareness of novelistic construction
precluded him from violating the unity of
his novels.
3. The author of the passage would be most likely to
agree that an interpretation of a novel should
(A) not try to unite heterogeneous elements in the
novel
(B) not be inflexible in its treatment of the elements
in the novel
(C) not argue that the complex use of narrators or
of time shifts indicates a sophisticated structure
(D) concentrate on those recalcitrant elements of
the novel that are outside the novel‘s main
structure
(E) primarily consider those elements of novelistic
construction of which the author of the novel
was aware
For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply
4. The author of the passage suggests which of the
following about Hamlet?
□A Hamlet has usually attracted critical interpretations
that tend to stiffen into theses.
□B Hamlet has elements that are not amenable
to an all-encompassing critical interpretation.
□C Hamlet is less open to an all-encompassing
critical interpretation than is Wuthering
Heights. |
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