28. The author of the passage below would probably consider which of the following situations to be most analogous to the critics' viewpoint as it is described in the underlined sentence? A novel that is a bestseller is often, because of its popularity, not taken seriously as literature. Critics seem to presuppose that great literature must be somehow burdensome to the reader; it must be difficult for the uninitiated to understand. It is precisely this inverted snobbery that has hindered Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits from gaining the critical attention it deserves. Published in 1982, the novel draws deeply on the author's own family history. Allende is the first cousin once removed of former Chilean president Salvador Allende, who was murdered during a right-wing military coup in 1973. Yet rather than the to-be-expected socialist harangue, Allende subtly works her political message within the fabric of the compelling narrative she weaves. While Allende borrows a bit too freely from Gabriel Garca Mrquez's work, she nevertheless has a powerful and original voice within the construct of magical realism. : * A) Avant-garde movies with complicated storylines are deemed cinematically superior works to Hollywood blockbusters with straightforward narratives. B) Scientific journals are thought of as providing coverage of natural events that is inferior to that provided by nature documentaries. C) Poetry is considered superior literature to prose because it is shorter, and therefore the message it conveys is more easily understood. D) A movie version of a popular novel is considered artistically superior to the original