Arrange the following terms in chronological order:

1. A. Dissociation of sensibility
2. B. Unreliable narrator
3. C. Theatre of cruelty
4. D. Egotistical sublime

1. AD, A, B, C
2. BD, A, C, B
3. CD, B, A, C
4. DB, D, A, C

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

Explanation

Keats's 'egotistical sublime' (1818) → Eliot's 'dissociation of sensibility' (1921) → Artaud's 'theatre of cruelty' (1932–38) → Booth's 'unreliable narrator' (1961).