Question

Read the passage and answer the question following it.

Roger Rosenblatt's book 'Black Fiction', manages to alter the approach taken in many previous studies by making an attempt to apply literary rather than socio-political criteria to subject Rosenblatt points out that criticism of Black writing has very often served as a pretext for an expounding on Black history. The recent work of Addison Gayle passes judgment on the value of Black fiction by clear political standards, rating each work according to the ideas of Black identity, which it propounds. Though fiction results from political circumstances, its author reacts not in ideological ways to those circumstances and talking about novels and stories primarily as instruments of ideology circumvents much of the enterprise. Affinities and connections are revealed in the works of Black fiction in Rosenblatt's literary analysis; these affinities and connections have been overlooked and ignored by solely political studies. 

The writing of acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presumes to give satisfactory answers to quite a few questions. The most important of all, is there a sufficient reason, apart from the racial identity of the authors, for the grouping together of Black authors? Secondly, what is the distinction of Black fiction from other modern fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous? In the work, Rosenblatt demonstrates that Black fiction is a distinct body of writing, which has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition. He highlights recurring concerns and designs, which are independent of chronology in Black fiction written over the past eighty years. These concerns and designs are thematic, and they come to form the central fact of the predominant white culture, where the Black characters in the novel are situated irrespective of whether they attempt to conform to that culture or they rebel against it.

Rosenblatt's work does leave certain aesthetic questions open. His thematic analysis allows considerable objectivity; he even clearly states that he does not intend 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 example, certain novels have an appearance of structural diffusion. Is this a defeat, or are the authors working out of, or attempting to forge, a different kind of aesthetic? Apart from this, the style of certain 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 expressions?

Irrespective of such omissions, what Rosenblatt talks about in his work makes for an astute and worthwhile study. His book very effectively surveys a variety of novels, highlighting certain fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man. Black Fiction is tightly constructed, and levelheaded and penetrating criticism is exemplified in its forthright and lucid style. 

According to the given passage the author would be LEAST likely to approve of which among the following? 

पर्याय

• Analyzing the influence of political events on the personal ideology of Black writers

• Attempting a critical study which applies sociopolitical criteria to the autobiographies of Black authors

• A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits of poems according to the political acceptability of their themes

• Studying the growth of a distinct Black literary tradition within the context of Black history

Answer 1

A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits of poems according to the political acceptability of their themes

Explanation:

The given passage does not discuss literary study of Black poetry. Therefore 'A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits of poems according to the political acceptability of their themes' is the correct choice. Other points as given in option are discussed. Again the point is clear from the lines  "Roger Rosenblatt's book 'Black Fiction, manages …  expounding on Black History" and "The recent work  of Addison Gayle's passes judgment on the value of  Black fiction by clear political standards, rating each  work according to the ideas of Black identity, which it  propounds." From these statements we can gather that rating by political standards (as done by Addison  Gayle) is objectionable to the author.