Which of the following statements are correct?

1. A. Diegesis is used by Plato to mean statement and by Aristotle to mean narration.
2. B. Foucault's 'biopolitics' refers to governments' attempts to rationalise the problems posed by a population as living beings.
3. C. A hypertext is 'second-degree' literature that alludes to or derives from a hypotext.
4. D. 'Desiring-machines' is a concept of Antonio Gramsci.
5. E. Dream-work is the mechanism that turns a dream's latent material into its manifest content.

1. AA, B, D only
2. BB, C, D only
3. CC, D, E only
4. DB, C, E only

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Correct answer: D. B, C, E only

Explanation

Foucault (The Birth of Biopolitics); Genette (Palimpsests, 1982); Freud (The Interpretation of Dreams). Desiring-machines belong to Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus.