TC 1-blank from 3rd party

[user2358]

Hi, could anyone please explain the logic here and where exactly did I go wrong? The reason why I thought that this sentence is a support instead of a contrast was because ‘the proponents…emphasized reading without regard to CONTEMPORANEOUS SCHOLARSHIP’ → so I thought that okay it’s possible that these folks recommend OLD SCHOLARSHIP (not contemporary/ someone’s time), so I was stuck between bolster and highlighted.

By the way, this is what ChatGPT said to my doubt, would really appreciate if an expert can corroborate if this explanation is correct or not (it sounds too strict to be true to me)

[Max]

Yeah, Proponents of New Criticism emphasize close reading of the text without looking at the scholarship that exists at the time

The second half of the sentence suggests that the standard practice is to look at the scholarship that exists

Hence proponents of New Criticism are going against the standard practice