Arrange the following terms in the chronological order of their use in literary theory

1. gynesis

2. scriptible

3. negritude

4. paratext

Correct option is A

Explanation:

1. Negritude: Coined in the 1930s by Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor, this movement emphasized Black cultural identity and pride.
2. Scriptible: Introduced by Roland Barthes in S/Z (1970), highlighting the active role of readers in constructing meaning from texts.. He used the terms Lisible (readerly) and scriptible (writerly) to distinguish between texts that are straight forward and demand no special effort to understand and those whose meaning is not immediately evident and demand some effort on the part of the reader
3. Paratext: Gérard Genette a french literary critic is associated with the term. It appears for the first time in his, "Introduction a 'I' architexte"(1979).
4. Gynesis: Coined by Alice Jardine in the 1985 in her book "Gynesis: Configurations of Woman and modernity", it explores the relationship between textuality and representations of femininity within feminist and poststructuralist frameworks.