单选题 Which of the following can be inferred as to the relationship between Ellison's work and political movements of his time?

• (A) It had a positive effect, establishing an incisive critical black voice in a time dominated by white literature.
• (B) It contributed only a small positive effect, as it was not widely read by anyone outside the white literary establishment.
• (C) Invisible Man served only a documentary function, as it chronicled a movement established long before the novel was published.
• (D) Its ethereal and naive tone tended to underplay the seriousness of the movement.
• (E) It tended, through verbosity and excess symbolism, to restrict the public's perception of the basic effectiveness of the movement.