单选题 .  ①In early-twentieth-century England, it was fashionable to claim that only a completely new style of writing could address a world undergoing unprecedented transformation—just as one literary critic recently claimed that only the new "aesthetic of exploratory excess" can address a world undergoing well, you know. ②Yet in early-twentieth century England, T. S. Eliot, a man fascinated by the "presence" of the past, wrote the most innovative poetry of his time. ③The lesson for today's literary community seems obvious: a reorientation toward tradition would benefit writers no less than readers. ④But if our writers and critics indeed respect the novel's rich tradition (as they claim to), then why do they disdain the urge to tell an exciting story?30.  The author of the passage suggests that present-day readers would particularly benefit from which of the following changes on the part of present-day writers and critics? ______