Match List I with List II

List I	List II
A) Writing Degree Zero	I 1957
B) Mythologies	II 1953
C) The Empire of Signs	III 1973
D) The Pleasure of the Text	IV 1970

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III.

To understand why this is the correct matching, we can look at the publication years of these seminal works by the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes:

1. A) Writing Degree Zero was originally published in French (as Le Degré zéro de l'écriture) in 1953 (II). It was Barthes' first book-length work of literary criticism.

2. B) Mythologies was originally published in 1957 (I). It is a collection of essays examining modern myths and the semiotics of popular culture.

3. C) The Empire of Signs (L'Empire des signes) was published in 1970 (IV). This work contains Barthes' semiotic analysis of Japanese culture and signs.

4. D) The Pleasure of the Text (Le Plaisir du texte) was published in 1973 (III). In this essay, Barthes explores the pleasure and bliss of reading and experiencing textual landscapes.

By pairing each book with its respective publication year, we get:
A matches II (1953)
B matches I (1957)
C matches IV (1970)
D matches III (1973)

This corresponds perfectly to the option: A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III.