中国纪念表网 www.jnbiao.com 01064522166 modern fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous？ Rosenblatt shows that Black fiction constitutes a distinct body of writing that has an identifiable， coherent literary tradition. Looking at novels written by Black over the last eighty years, he discovers recurring concerns and designs independent of chronology. These structures are thematic,and they spring,not surprisingly,from the central fact that the Black characters in these novels exist in a predominantly white culture,whether they try to conform to that culture or rebel against it.

Black Fiction does leave some aesthetic questions open. Rosenblatt''s thematic analysis permits considerable objectivity;he even explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works — yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For instance, some of the novels appear to be structurally diffuse. Is this a defect,or

中国纪念表网 www.jnbiao.com 01064522166 are the authors working out of,or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic?In addition,the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer''s Cane,verges on expressionism or surrealism;does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted,a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression？

In spite of such omissions,what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile study. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels,bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson''s Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Its argument is tightly constructed,and its forthright,lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and penetrating criticism.

1.The author of the text is primarily concerned with __________.

中国纪念表网 www.jnbiao.com 01064522166 [A] evaluating the soundness of a work of criticism.

[B] comparing various critical approaches to a subject.

[C] discussing the limitations of a particular kind of criticism.

[D] summarizing the major points made in a work of criticism.

2.The author of the text believes that Black Fiction would have been improved had Rosenblatt __________.

[A] evaluated more carefully the ideological and historical aspects of Black fiction. [B] attempted to be more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black authors. [C] explored in greater detail the recurrent thematic concerns of Black fiction throughout its history.

中国纪念表网 www.jnbiao.com 01064522166 [D] assessed the relative literary merit of the novels he analyzes thematically.

3.The author''s discussion of Black Fiction can be best described as __________. [A] pedantic and contentious. [B] critical but admiring. [C] ironic and deprecating. [D] argumentative but unfocused.

4.The author of the text employs all of the following in the discussion of Rosenblatt''s book EXCEPT： __________.

[A] rhetorical questions. [B] specific examples. [C] comparison and contrast. [D] definition of terms.