Arrange the following critical texts in chronological order:

1. A. Georg Lukács, The Historical Novel (English tr.)
2. B. John Crowe Ransom, The New Criticism
3. C. Helen Gardner, The Business of Criticism
4. D. Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious
5. E. Louis Althusser, essays on ideology ('Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses')

1. AB, E, D, A, C
2. BB, A, C, E, D
3. CB, C, D, A, E
4. DB, E, A, D, C

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Correct answer: B. B, A, C, E, D

Explanation

Ransom, The New Criticism (1941) → Lukács, The Historical Novel (written 1937; German edition 1955) → Gardner, The Business of Criticism (1959) → Althusser, 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses' (1970; English 1971) → Jameson, The Political Unconscious (1981).

Note: The order depends on dating Lukács by the 1955 German edition; with the English translation (1962) Gardner would come second.