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In the 1920s and the 1930s,the short story, as a form, was difficult to sell. Readers found it an awkward compromise between a p
In the 1920s and the 1930s,the short story, as a form, was difficult to sell. Readers found it an awkward compromise between a p
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In the 1920s and the 1930s,the short story, as a form, was difficult to sell. Readers found it an awkward compromise between a poem and a longer novel. The long-short story or novella was scarcely known. Certain comic geniuses like P. G. Wodehouse found it easy to reach and keep a vast public with short stories, either alone or in series. And of course there was W. Somerset Maugham. But the less accomplished writers found the market dwindling even further.
Since 1945, the entire literary picture has changed. Fiction of ail kinds, but above all the short story, has become more and more uneconomic to publish. Many magazines have gone out of business. As a type, the "man of letters", puffing a pipe, has almost vanished, to be replaced by the university lecturer or the television scriptwriter. The public is not attracted by imaginary plots in books but prefers the actual, the real story of real people. For those who do not read at all, television provides an enticing alternative.
Such a decline is in many ways a sad one because the old-time short story had a human quality about it which is now eroded. Yet, in an odd way, in our chaotic electronic age, the short story still has a prospect of living. It has been discovered by film scriptwriters that the form of the short story provides a useful structure for television; it readily provides the basis for a one-hour programme.
Which of the following is true about the short story in the 1920s and 1930s?
选项
A、Few people thought it worth buying.
B、It made people feel awkward.
C、People liked it better than a poem or a novel.
D、It was even scarcer than the novella.
答案
A
解析
细节题。用排除法。文章第一段的前三行指出:在9世纪20、30年代的短篇小说很难卖出去,读者认为它是介于诗与长篇小说之间的一种很拙劣的东西,由此可推出选项C错误。虽然读者认为它是一种很拙劣的东西,但并不是说它使人们感到拙劣,故排除B,从文章第三行得知,中篇小说更为少见,推出D项的意思正好相反,故应排除。
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