- Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:00 pm
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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14335)
The correct answer choice is (C)
Once again, this question tests your understanding of the relationship between Chopin’s fiction and
the conventions expressed elsewhere in the passage.
Answer choice (A): Chopin avoided the elevated, romantic language of the sentimental novelists
described in the first paragraph. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): While the mythic images of “women’s culture” do belong to the works of the
local colorists, recall that Chopin did not share their nostalgia for the past (line 39). She only adopted
their narrative style, not their subject matter.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. The third paragraph of the passage proves
that Chopin adopted the detached narrative stance of the local colorists in order to portray extreme
psychological states (lines 31-34).
Answer choice (D): The literary convention of strong plot lines certainly belonged to the local
colorists (line 48). However, there is no evidence to support the assertion that Chopin adopted this
particular convention in her own fiction. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is attractive, but also incorrect. Chopin was clearly devoted
to telling stories about lonely, isolated protagonists. Unfortunately, this is not a convention she
adopted from other nineteenth-century writers. On the contrary—it is a point of distinction between
her and the local colorists (lines 29-30).
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14335)
The correct answer choice is (C)
Once again, this question tests your understanding of the relationship between Chopin’s fiction and
the conventions expressed elsewhere in the passage.
Answer choice (A): Chopin avoided the elevated, romantic language of the sentimental novelists
described in the first paragraph. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): While the mythic images of “women’s culture” do belong to the works of the
local colorists, recall that Chopin did not share their nostalgia for the past (line 39). She only adopted
their narrative style, not their subject matter.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. The third paragraph of the passage proves
that Chopin adopted the detached narrative stance of the local colorists in order to portray extreme
psychological states (lines 31-34).
Answer choice (D): The literary convention of strong plot lines certainly belonged to the local
colorists (line 48). However, there is no evidence to support the assertion that Chopin adopted this
particular convention in her own fiction. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is attractive, but also incorrect. Chopin was clearly devoted
to telling stories about lonely, isolated protagonists. Unfortunately, this is not a convention she
adopted from other nineteenth-century writers. On the contrary—it is a point of distinction between
her and the local colorists (lines 29-30).