Nhận biết (M1)

Master and Commander, first published in 1969, is a novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, which includes twenty completed books. Some critics have found fault with the abrupt endings of Master and Commander and other books in the series, saying that they do not finish conclusively but arbitrarily stop. Other critics, however, argue that the books should not be thought of as discrete texts with traditional beginnings and endings but as a single incredibly long work, similar to other multivolume stories, such as John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

• A.

  The unusual structure that O'Brian uses for Master and Commander makes it one of his most intricate books.

• B.

  Critics have differing views regarding the efficacy of the structures of the novels in the Aubrey/Maturin series.

• C.

  Some critics think the Aubrey/Maturin series should have the literary renown of The Forsyte Saga, while others disagree.

• D.

  Many critics judge the Aubrey/Maturin novels to be remarkably entertaining despite flaws in the novels' structures.