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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10524)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question asks us to identify how Dostoyevsky’s views of realism differ from those of the radical critics. Passage structure is key, as the two views of realism are compared and contrasted primarily in the second paragraph.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Dostoyevsky considers reality to be influenced by one’s subjective experience of it, and deems the fantastic to be “intimately bound up with the real” (lines 16-25). In other words, Dostoyevsky believes that reality is not independent of the way we experience it.
Answer choice (B): Dostoyevsky never compares realism to the task of representing political views.
Answer choice (C): The belief that art should be elevated above the portrayal of reality describes a view held by the literary critics who oppose the radical ones. As a realist, Dostoyevsky would reject this view.
Answer choice (D): While we do know that the radical critics believe in the power of art to expose inequalities and contribute to the creation of a new society (lines 7-8), we have no way of evaluating Dostoyevsky’s beliefs regarding the power of realism to do the same.
Answer choice (E): This is the Opposite answer, as Dostoyevsky considers reality to be foundational to all literature (lines 10-11).
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10524)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question asks us to identify how Dostoyevsky’s views of realism differ from those of the radical critics. Passage structure is key, as the two views of realism are compared and contrasted primarily in the second paragraph.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Dostoyevsky considers reality to be influenced by one’s subjective experience of it, and deems the fantastic to be “intimately bound up with the real” (lines 16-25). In other words, Dostoyevsky believes that reality is not independent of the way we experience it.
Answer choice (B): Dostoyevsky never compares realism to the task of representing political views.
Answer choice (C): The belief that art should be elevated above the portrayal of reality describes a view held by the literary critics who oppose the radical ones. As a realist, Dostoyevsky would reject this view.
Answer choice (D): While we do know that the radical critics believe in the power of art to expose inequalities and contribute to the creation of a new society (lines 7-8), we have no way of evaluating Dostoyevsky’s beliefs regarding the power of realism to do the same.
Answer choice (E): This is the Opposite answer, as Dostoyevsky considers reality to be foundational to all literature (lines 10-11).
