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What is the correct sequence of the following feminist texts?
[A] Sexual politics
[B] A world of difference
[C] The female imagination
[D] Thinking about women
[E] A room of one’s own
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options

A

(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

B

(E), (B), (D), (A), (C)

C

(E), (D), (A), (C), (B)

D

(B), (C), (D), (E), (A)

Correct Answer :

(E), (D), (A), (C), (B)

Solution :

The correct option is (E), (D), (A), (C), (B).

To determine the correct sequence, we arrange these key feminist texts in chronological order based on their original publication dates:
1. [E] A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf was published in 1929. This essay is a foundational feminist text arguing that women must have financial independence and their own space ("a room of one's own") to write fiction.
2. [D] Thinking About Women by Mary Ellmann was published in 1968. It is a milestone of feminist literary criticism that analyzes how women are represented in literature and critiques the gender stereotypes of the literary establishment.
3. [A] Sexual Politics by Kate Millett was published in 1970. This seminal second-wave feminist text critiques the patriarchy and analyzes the power dynamics of sex and gender in society and literature.
4. [C] The Female Imagination by Patricia Meyer Spacks was published in 1975. It is an influential study exploring the thematic patterns and self-perceptions of women writers across several centuries.
5. [B] A World of Difference by Barbara Johnson was published in 1987. This collection of essays utilizes deconstructive and feminist theories to examine difference, language, and culture.

Arraging the texts by their publication years gives the following sequence:
1929 [E] ⇒ 1968 [D] ⇒ 1970 [A] ⇒ 1975 [C] ⇒ 1987 [B]

This corresponds directly to the sequence: (E), (D), (A), (C), (B).

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