The author refers to the "largest fish" (lines 11 - 12) primarily in order to
A． suggest a refuge from the long history of sexist literary criticism B． offer a sense of political purpose that can only be awakened through literature C． articulate the possibility for escape from the confines of gendered identity D． reference a unique feminist identity that must be extracted somehow from the body E． indicate a source of the patriarchal identification traditionally suffered by women writers