Anagnorisis is defined as the critical moment of recognition or discovery in Greek tragedy, often preceding a change of fortune (peripeteia). The term originates from the Greek for 'to know again' and is a key concept discussed in Aristotle's Poetics.
Se define anagnórisis como el momento crucial de reconocimiento o descubrimiento en la tragedia griega, a menudo seguido por un cambio de fortuna (peripeteia). El término proviene del griego y se refiere a "reconocer de nuevo", y es un concepto clave discutido en la Poética de Aristóteles.
Back | anagnorisis \an-ag-NAWR-uh-sis, -NOHR-\ |
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Front | noun (in ancient Greek tragedy) The critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia. [Anagnorisis comes from the Greek word anagnōrí(zein) which meant "to know again." This concept is discussed in Aristotle's Poetics.] In terms of anagnorisis, the mythic, tragic realisation that prophecies were correct is only really the case for fictional characters, yet it is a continually attractive idea for those of us who know that our lives don't have a plot. - Alice Bennett, Afterlife and Narrative in Contemporary Fiction , 2012 Tragedy and comedy both deal in errors of perception and their unveiling, a device known since the Greeks as anagnorisis . - David Bellos, Jacques Tati , 1999 |
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