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eucatastrophe, n.
Brit. |ˌjuːkəˈtastrəfi|, U.S. |ˌjukəˈtæstrəfi|
[‹ eu- comb. form + catastrophe n. (see quot. 1944).]
Esp. in a fictional narrative: a (sudden or unexpected) favourable turn of events; esp. a resolution of this type; a happy ending.
1944J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 7–8 Nov. (1995) 100 For it I coined the word ‘eucatastrophe’: the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears. 1947J. R. R. Tolkien On Fairy Stories in Ess. presented to Charles Williams ii. 83 The Birth of Christ is the eucatastrophe of Man's history. The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation. 1971G. Urang Shadows of Heaven iv. 150 Divine revelation finds its channel in man..in the longing of his imagination for meaning—in that sense of wonder associated with Sehnsucht, or the Beatrician moment, or eucatastrophe. 2005P. J. Schakel Way into Narnia iii. 30 The presence of Eucatastrophe does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure. Rather, it denies universal final defeat. |