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Literary scholars often encourage those studying authors and their literary movements to understand how certain qualities of an author’s writings were perceived by his or her immediate audience. While most would not consider the works of Miguel de Unamuno to be especially controversial today, one should consider whether there are aspects of his work that may have been seen as __________ to some readers of his time.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A
provocative
B
irrefutable
C
pretentious
D
irrelevant