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Read the Question carefully and choose the correct option.
Match the column:
A. Mikhail Bakhtin
B. Michael Foucault
C. Roland Barthes
D. Sigmund Freud

I. Archeology of the Human Sciences
II. Text can be either readerly or writerly
III. Dialogue as the intrinsic feature of language
IV. Dreams end the unconscious

1. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
2. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
3. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
4. A-IV, B-II, C-III D-I

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A. Mikhail Bakhtin → III. Dialogue as the intrinsic feature of language.
Bakhtin’s central idea is dialogism: the belief that all language is inherently dialogic. Every utterance responds to previous utterances and anticipates future ones. This makes III the correct match.

B. Michel Foucault → I. Archaeology of the Human Sciences.
Foucault developed the method he called “archaeology”, especially in The Archaeology of Knowledge and in his studies of the human sciences. He analyzes how discursive formations shape knowledge across different periods. Thus I belongs to Foucault.

C. Roland Barthes → II. Text can be either readerly or writerly.
Barthes, especially in S/Z, distinguishes between:
Readerly (lisible) texts → conventional, passive reading
Writerly (scriptible) texts → open, participatory, deconstructive reading

D. Sigmund Freud → IV. Dreams and the unconscious
Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams treats dreams as the royal road to the unconscious. Statement IV directly refers to Freud’s foundational psychoanalytic idea.

Thus, A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV is correct - 3.
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