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ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreesinEnglishwhileknowinglittleornothingabouttraditionalscholarlymethods.Theconsequencesofthisneglectoftraditionalscholarshipareparticularlyunfortunateforthestudyofwomenwriters.Ifthecanon—thelistofauthorswhoseworksaremostwidelytaught—isevertoincludemorewomen,scholarsmustbewelltrainedinhistoricalscholarshipandtextualediting.Scholarswhodonotknowhowtoreadearlymanuscripts,locaterarebooks,establishasequenceofeditions,andsoonarebereftofcrucialtoolsforrevisingthecanon.

Toaddresssuchconcerns,anexperimentalversionofthetraditionalscholarlymethodscoursewasdesignedtoraisestudents’consciousnessabouttheusefulnessoftraditionallearningforanymoderncriticortheorist.Tominimizetheartificialaspectsoftheconventionalcourse,theusualprocedureofassigningalargenumberofsmallproblemsdrawnfromtheentirerangeofhistoricalperiodswasabandoned,thoughthisprocedurehastheobviousadvantageofatleastsuperficiallyfamiliarizingstudentswithawiderangeofreferencesources.Insteadstudentswereengagedinacollectiveefforttodooriginalworkonaneglectedeighteenth-centurywriter,ElizabethGriffith,togivethemanauthenticexperienceofliteraryscholarshipandtoinspirethemtotakeresponsibilityforthequalityoftheirownwork.

Griffith’sworkpresentedanumberofadvantagesforthisparticularpedagogicalpurpose.First,thebodyofextantscholarshiponGriffithwassotinythatitcouldallbereadinaday;thusstudentsspentlittletimeandeffortmasteringtheliteratureandhadaclearfieldfortheirowndiscoveries.Griffith’splayTheplatonicWifeexistsinthreeversions,enoughtoprovideillustrationsofeditorialissuesbutnottoomanyforbeginningstudentstomanage.Inaddition,becauseGriffithwassuccessfulintheeighteenthcentury,ashercontinuedproductivityandfavorablereviewsdemonstrate,herexclusionfromthecanonandvirtualdisappearancefromliteraryhistoryalsohelpedraiseissuesconcerningthecurrentcanon.

TherangeofGriffith’sworkmeantthateachstudentcouldbecometheworld’sleadingauthorityonaparticularGriffithtext.Forexample,astudentstudyingGriffith’sWifeintheRightobtainedafirsteditionoftheplayandstudieditforsomeweeks.ThisstudentwassuitablyshockedandoutragedtofinditstitletransformedintoAwifeintheNightinWatt’sBibliothecaBritannica.Suchexperiences,inevitableandcommoninworkingonawritertowhomsolittleattentionhasbeenpaid,servetovaccinatethestudent—Ihopeforalifetime—againstcreduloususeofreferencesources.

1.Theauthorofthetextisprimarilyconcernedwith

[A]revealingacommonlyignoreddeficiency.

[B]proposingareturntotraditionalterminology.

[C]describinganattempttocorrectashortcoming.

[D]assessingthesuccessofanewpedagogicalapproach.

2.ItcanbeinferredthattheauthorofthetextexpectsthattheexperienceofthestudentmentionedashavingstudiedWifeintheRightwouldhavewhichofthefollowingeffects?

[A]ItwouldleadthestudenttodisregardinformationfoundintheBibliothecaBritannica.

[B]Itwouldteachthestudenttoquestiontheaccuracyofcertainkindsofinformationsourceswhenstudyingneglectedauthors.

[C]Itwouldteachthestudenttoavoidtheuseofreferencesourcesinstudyingneglectedauthors.

[D]Itwouldhelpthestudenttounderstandtheimportanceoffirsteditionsinestablishingtheauthorshipofplays.

3.Whichofthefollowingbeststatesthe“particularpedagogicalpurpose”mentionedinlines1-2,paragraph3?

[A]Toassistscholarsinrevisingthecanonofauthors.

[B]Tominimizethetrivialaspectsofthetraditionalscholarlymethodscourse.

[C]ToprovidestudentswithinformationaboutGriffith’swork.

[D]Toencouragescholarlyrigorinstudents’ownresearch.

4.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthefunctionofthelastparagraphinrelationtothetextasawhole?

[A]Itsummarizesthebenefitsthatstudentscanderivefromtheexperimentalscholarlymethodscourse.

[B]ItprovidesadditionalreasonswhyGriffith’sworkraisesissueshavingtodowiththecannotofauthors.

[C]Itprovidesanillustrationoftheimmediatenatureoftheexperiencesstudentscanderivefromtheexperimentalscholarlymethodscourse.

[D]Itcontraststheexperienceofastudentintheexperimentalscholarlymethodscoursewiththeexperienceofastudentinthetraditionalcourse.

5.Itcanbeinferredthattheauthorofthetextconsiderstraditionalscholarlymethodscoursestobe

[A]irrelevanttotheworkofmoststudents.

[B]inconsequentialbecauseoftheirnarrowfocus.

[C]unconcernedabouttheaccuracyofreferencesources.

[D]toowide-rangingtoapproximategenuinescholarlyactivity.

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