Text 1: Critic Park argues that Cormac McCarthy's spare, punctuation- light prose evokes the harsh landscapes his novels inhabit. The sentences refuse decoration, mirroring deserts and mountains where survival admits no excess.
Text 2: Critic Singh accepts that McCarthy's prose suits his settings but argues that the technique carries risks. The same austerity that creates landscape resonance can produce a flat, often grim moral universe in which violence and stoicism crowd out the full range of human experience. McCarthy's style, Singh suggests, is a powerful instrument that plays only certain notes.
The authors most clearly disagree about
- Acheck_circle
whether McCarthy's prose technique is best understood as a strength or a limitation.
- B
whether McCarthy uses spare prose.
- C
whether McCarthy is a working novelist.
- D
whether McCarthy writes about landscapes.
Explanation
Both accept McCarthy's style and landscape connection. They differ on evaluation. B captures the dispute.