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Find the chronological order of publication of the given works:
[A] Mythologies
[B] Of grammatology
[C] Culture and society
[D] Blindness and insight
[E] The location of culture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options

A

A, B, C, D, E

B

A. C, B, D, E

C

D, B, C, A, E

D

B, C, D, A, E

Correct Answer :

A. C, B, D, E

Solution :

The correct answer is A, C, B, D, E (Option: "A. C, B, D, E").

To find the correct chronological order, we can look at the publication years of each of the given literary theory and cultural studies works:
�� [A] Mythologies: Written by the French theorist Roland Barthes, this influential work was first published in French in 1957.
[C] Culture and Society: Written by the Welsh academic and critic Raymond Williams, this foundational book in cultural studies was published in 1958.
[B] Of Grammatology: Written by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, this seminal text in deconstruction was first published in French in 1967.
[D] Blindness and Insight: Written by the deconstructive literary critic Paul de Man, this collection of essays was published in 1971.
[E] The Location of Culture: Written by the postcolonial theorist Homi K. Bhabha, this key postcolonial text was published in 1994.

Arranging these works chronologically by their publication years gives:
1. Mythologies [A] (1957)
2. Culture and society [C] (1958)
3. Of grammatology [B] (1967)
4. Blindness and insight [D] (1971)
5. The location of culture [E] (1994)

Therefore, the chronological sequence is A, C, B, D, E.

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