ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JOHN KEATS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Negative Capability was ____
A
The idea that you have to study within the realm of possibilities
B
Ability for humans to go beyond their constraints in society
C
The idea that humans are unable to think past a certain threshold
D
Writings about nature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -negative capability, a writer’s ability, “which Shakespeare possessed so enormously, ” to accept “uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason, ” according to English poet John Keats, who first used the term in an 1817 letter.

Detailed explanation-2: -What Is Keats’ Theory of Negative Capability? The concept of negative capability pertains to the ability to live within the penetralium of mystery or deal with unanswered questions. Not every event-especially in fiction-needs to (or will) have a direct, satisfying explanation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notice the key words in these definitions: negative capability is about uncertainty, mystery, and doubt, as opposed to “fixed” and “enforced” conceptions of the world. Negative capability encourages us to keep an open mind and always consider the possibility that we may be wrong.

Detailed explanation-4: -I’ve become increasingly interested in negative capability, the state in which a person ‘is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason’.

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