In the late nineteenth century, modernism flourished in English

In the late nineteenth century, modernism flourished in English literature. Unlike modern poets and novelists, modern dramatists ______.
A、showed not only satirical attitude toward bourgeois class, but also optimistic emotion toward life
B、did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms
C、inherited the romantic fuzziness and self-indulged emotionalism
D、took the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base
【正确答案】：B