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Unit 4 · Literary Criticism and Theory English · December 2022 (Shift 1)

Which of the following were written by Roland Barthes?

  1. A. Allegories of Reading
  2. B. Mythologies
  3. C. The Pleasure of the Text
  4. D. Some Versions of Pastoral
  5. E. 'What Is an Author?'

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Correct answer: A. B and C only

Explanation

Mythologies (1957) and The Pleasure of the Text (1973) are Barthes's. Allegories of Reading is de Man's, Some Versions of Pastoral Empson's, and 'What Is an Author?' Foucault's.

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