#2 - Global Reference, Must Be True, Author's Perspective

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Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (B).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

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[andriana.caban]

Hi! I got this one wrong, but after reviewing

(A) The author doesn't present interpretations.

(B) Contender. I'm still unsure how this is the correct answer. The author states that the political component of Frida's work was less studied. I fixated on that element and thought this was incorrect. What does complementary mean in this context?

(C) Author doesn't discuss recent discuss political interpretations of her work. Likewise, the author doesn't refer to actual psychoanalytic critics just that her work has been "exhaustively psychoanalyzed" (line 6).

(D) There are no psychoanalytic interpretations presented in this article.

(E) I chose this answer. Is this wrong because we, as the readers, are unsure if those who view Frida as a mythic figure are apart of the population/individuals she most wanted to reach? The author doesn't explicitly state WHO actually revere her as such.

[KelseyWoods]

Hi Andriana!

For answer choice (A), I would say that the author does present interpretations of Kahlo's work but that the author does not state that the psychoanalytic interpretations tend to challenge the political interpretations. In the first paragraph, the author says that Kahlo's work has been "exhaustively psychoanalyzed, while their political content has been less studied" (lines 6-7). The author goes on to describe the political influences and interpretations of her work, suggesting that Kahlo's work should be examined for political interpretations as well as psychoanalytical interpretations.

Which brings us to answer choice (B): The author describes how Kahlo's work should be examined though a political lens in addition to the psychoanalytical lens, suggesting that these two types of interpretations are complementary approaches to Kahlo's work. The author never states that psychoanalytical interpretations are a bad approach to Kahlo's work. Rather, the author says that her work should be interpreted from a political perspective as well, again, suggesting that these two approaches are complementary. Check out lines 33-36: "These images of destruction coupled with creation speak not only to Kahlo's personal battle for life, but also to the Mexican struggle to emerge as a nation." That's a good example of interpreting Kahlo's work using both psychoanalytical ("Kahlo's personal battle for life") and political ("Mexican struggle to emerge as a nation") approaches.

For answer choice (C), the author never states that political interpretations are causing psychoanalytic critics to revise their own interpretations. The political interpretations only add to a complete analysis of Kahlo's work. They do not challenge the psychoanalytic interpretations which have already been done.

For answer choice (D), there are both psychoanalytic and political interpretations of Kahlo's work in this passage. But the author never states that the political interpretations do not make use of biographical facts of Kahlo's life. In fact, the author states that "Kahlo was influenced by Marxism, which appealed to many intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s, and by Mexican nationalism" (lines 12-14). These lines provide biographical facts about Kahlo that are useful in analyzing her work from a political perspective.

For answer choice (E), the passage never states that Kahlo's mythic status is based upon the psychoanalytic rather than the political content of her work. In fact, the passage suggests that it is the political content of her work which contributed more to her mythic status--the final paragraph discusses how her use of political symbols led to her mythic status.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Kelsey