Catastasis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈtæstəsɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Catastasis is a noun meaning In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
Meaning
In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
More Meanings
- (rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed.
Example Sentences
It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.
The object of the meta-theatre is precisely that – to allow the participants to see through their first roles in it. But that is only the catastasis.
Word Forms
- catastases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include catastrophe, cataclasm, disastrophe, crisis, cataclysm, counterturn.
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