单选题
Dramatic literature often______the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：句意：戏剧文学往往会扼要概括某一文化的历史，因为它的创作题材是形成和引导文化的重要事件。recapitulate“重述要点，简要回顾”，recapitulate the history of a culture“扼要概括某文化的历史”，符合题干句意，为正确答案。confound“使(思想)混乱”；repudiate“否决，回绝”；anticipate“期望，预料”，常见搭配为anticipate doing sth．和anticipate that+从句，意为“期望某事物发生”。