Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion and the other one is labelled as reason.
Assertion: New Criticism advocates for a close reading of a literary text, focusing solely on the text's intrinsic qualities and excluding external influences.
Reason: According to New Critics, the meaning of a literary work resides within the text itself, independent of the author's intentions or historical context.
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Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
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Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
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Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
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