catastasis
noun/kəˈtæstəsɪs/
Etymology From Ancient Greek κατάστασις (katástasis, “settling, appointment”).
1
In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
- It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- 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.1965, John Fowles, The Magus:
2
Rhetoric The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed.
- Related terms
- protasis, epitasis, catastrophe