Arrange the following in chronological order of publication:

1. A. Culler, Structuralist Poetics
2. B. Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
3. C. Culler, The Pursuit of Signs
4. D. Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
5. E. Iser, The Implied Reader

1. AA, C, D, E, B
2. BB, E, D, A, C
3. CC, D, A, B, E
4. DD, E, A, C, B

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

Explanation

Course (1916) → The Implied Reader (1972) → The Pleasure of the Text (1973) → Structuralist Poetics (1975) → The Pursuit of Signs (1981).

Note: Option 2 is printed 'B, D, E, A, C' in some versions; Iser (1972) precedes Barthes (1973).