求问一道prep阅读题

kingsheart

Theprofessionalization of the study of history in the second half of the nineteenthcentury, including history's transformation from a literary genre to ascientific discipline, had important consequences not only for historians'perceptions of women but also for women as historians.  The disappearance of women as objects ofhistorical studies during this period has elements of irony to it.  On the one hand, in writing about women,earlier historians had relied not on firsthand sources but rather on secondarysources; the shift to more rigorous research methods required that secondarysources be disregarded.  On the otherhand, the development of archival research and the critical editing ofcollections of documents began to reveal significant new historical evidenceconcerning women, yet this evidence was perceived as substantiallyirrelevant:  historians saw politicalhistory as the general framework for historical writing.  Because women were seen as belonging to theprivate rather than to the public sphere, the discovery of documents aboutthem, or by them, did not, by itself, produce history acknowledging thecontributions of women. In addition, genres such as biography and memoir, thoseforms of "particular history" that women had traditionally authored,fell into disrepute.  The dividing linebetween "particular history" and general history was redefined instronger terms, widening the gulf between amateur and professional practices ofhistorical research.

The passage is primarily concerned with

(A) describing some effects of theprofessionalization of the study of history on the writing of women's history

(B) explaining some reasons for theprofessionalization of the writing of history

(C) discussing the kinds of historicalwriting traditionally practiced by women

(D) contrasting the approach to the writingof history taken by women with the approach taken by men

(E) criticizing certainchanges that occurred in the writing of history during the second half of thenineteenth century

答案选A，为什么不选E？ 好像criticize是有评论的意思啊