The word "pristine" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．To minimize the trivial aspects of the traditional scholarly methods course.
B．To provide students with information about Griffith's work.
C．To encourage scholarly rigor in students' own research.
D．To reestablish Griffith's reputation as an author.

A．It summarizes the benefits students can derive from the experimental scholarly methods course.
B．It provides additional reasons why Griffith's works raises issues having to do with the canon of authors.
C．It provides an illustration of the immediate mature of the experiences students can derive from the experimental scholarly methods course.
D．It contrasts the experience of a student in the experimental scholarly methods course with the experience of a student in the traditional cours