anagnorisis

Also known as Agnitio, discovery

Anagnorisis (; ) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for. Anagnorisis was the hero's sudden awareness of a real situation, the realization of things as they stood, and finally, the hero's insight into a relationship with an often antagonistic character in Aristotelian tragedy.

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It sits within the topics Ancient Greek theatre, Concepts in ancient Greek aesthetics and Narratology.

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Tragedy
Comedy
Literature and modern usage
Mystery
Modern usage
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==Tragedy== In his Poetics, Aristotle discussed peripeteia. In this work, he defined anagnorisis as "a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hate between the persons destined by the poet for good or bad fortune" (1452a). Anagnorisis is often discussed along with Aristotle's concept of catharsis.

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