Match List I with List II
| LIST I |
LIST II |
| A) “Negative Capability” |
I. Matthew Arnold |
| B) “Sweetness and light” |
II. Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| C) “Esemplastic” |
III. T.S. Eliot |
| D) “Dissociation of Sensibility” |
IV. John Keats |
Correct Answer :
A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Solution :
The correct answer is A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III.
Let's break down the literary terms and concepts listed in List I and match them with their respective authors in List II step-by-step:
A) “Negative Capability” matches with IV. John Keats:
Negative Capability is a concept first introduced by the Romantic poet John Keats in a letter to his brothers George and Thomas Keats in 1817. It refers to the capacity of a writer or artist to exist in a state of uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. Therefore, A matches with IV.
B) “Sweetness and light” matches with I. Matthew Arnold:
The phrase "Sweetness and light" was popularized by the Victorian essayist and critic Matthew Arnold in his major work of cultural criticism, Culture and Anarchy (1869). He used it to define the two key ingredients of culture: beauty (sweetness) and intelligence/truth (light). Therefore, B matches with I.
C) “Esemplastic” matches with II. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
The term "Esemplastic" was coined by the Romantic poet and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his work Biographia Literaria (1817). Meaning "molding into unity" or "to shape," Coleridge used it to describe the unifying power of the human imagination. Therefore, C matches with II.
D) “Dissociation of Sensibility” matches with III. T.S. Eliot:
This concept was introduced by the modernist poet and critic T.S. Eliot in his influential 1921 essay "The Metaphysical Poets." It describes a split between thought and emotion (intellect and feeling) that Eliot argued occurred in English poetry during the 17th century. Therefore, D matches with III.
Combining these individual matches, we get:
A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III.
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