Question

in discussing mary shelley’s 1818 epistolary novel frankenstein, literary theorist gayatri spivak directs the reader’s attention to the character of margaret saville. as spivak points out, saville is not the protagonist of shelley’s ______ as the recipient of the letters that frame the book’s narrative, she’s the \occasion\ of it. which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english? choose 1 answer: a novel b novel, c novel; rather, d novel, rather,

Explanation:

To determine the correct punctuation, we analyze the sentence structure. The phrase "as the recipient... " provides additional information that is not an independent clause. A semicolon is used to separate independent clauses, so option C is incorrect. Option A lacks the necessary punctuation to introduce the explanatory phrase. Option D incorrectly uses "rather" without a proper break before. Option B uses a comma to introduce the non - restrictive explanatory phrase, which fits the sentence structure as the part after the comma explains the role of Margaret Saville in relation to the novel.

Answer:

B. novel,