（ ） publishing complete novels, he began to write stories in se

（ ） publishing complete novels, he began to write stories in serial form.
A、Instead of
B、In spite of
C、Instead
D、Beside
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：instead of 取而代之的，不是…而是，句子含义他不是出版正本小说，而是撰写连载小说。