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Help inSearch Fri Jul 29 14:09:50 2011 No.1969254 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/

I'm looking for that word that describes when at the end of a piece of literature, drama or film, the conflict is resolved and the audience is pleased.

Pathos came to mind but that wasn't it.

In return, I'm dumping some pictures of libraries and noteworthy people.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 14:11:50 2011 No.1969257 catharsis?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 14:11:50 2011 No.1969258 closure? resolution?

inSearch Fri Jul 29 14:14:50 2011 No.1969261
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I mean the case when the antagonist is defeated, previous disappointment is reversed, i.e. a 'happy-end' of sorts. When the audience is left feeling as if justice was served.

Please go ahead and contribute whichever words you think might be relevant to what I'm trying to describe.

>>	inSearch Fri Jul 29 14:15:50 2011 No.1969262 File: 21 KB, 453x292, johnlennon.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1969257 Catharsis is exactly what I meant. Thank you! >>1969258 Thanks to you as well :)

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 14:21:50 2011 No.1969267 >>1969262 Spoiler: That's not what catharsis means.

inSearch Fri Jul 29 14:29:50 2011 No.1969279
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>>1969267

I know I wasn't describing it very well. That's why >>1969257deserves extra kudos: for managing to figure out what I meant, in addition to supplying me with the term itself.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 20:08:50 2011 No.1970035 >>1969279 OP has to be a girl. Has to!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 21:06:50 2011 No.1970156 The first word that came to my mind was dénouement.

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>>	Sherlock Holmes Guy Fri Jul 29 21:12:50 2011 No.1970169 >>1970156 Same. That's one of my favorite /lit/-related words.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 21:19:50 2011 No.1970183 >>1970156 this word was such a favorite of my older sister's dorky lil queer blossom ninth-grade boyfriend that it remains a running joke in our household to this day

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 21:20:50 2011 No.1970185 >>1970183 (maybe he grew up to become a beloved 4chan literature message board trip personality!!)

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 21:37:50 2011 No.1970217 >>1970183 He fucked you sister. You haven't fucked anyone. >see what I'm getting at?

>>	Sherlock Holmes Guy Fri Jul 29 21:41:50 2011 No.1970227 >>1970185 maybe the climax of his life was definitely dating that other guy's sister in the 9th grade, it's all been a downhill crawl from there--luckily that's just what he always wanted

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 29 21:42:50 2011 No.1970228 >>1969254 Reification

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