How to get text from DropDownList in .Net-MVC?

Question

Here is my code : 

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Category, new List<SelectListItem> {new SelectListItem { Text = "Select", Value= "0"},

new SelectListItem { Text = "Creator", Value= "C"},new SelectListItem { Text = "Assignee", Value= "A"},

new SelectListItem { Text = "Reporter", Value= "R"} })