"What is a Climax?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

OSU School of Writing, Literature and Film

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What is the climax of a story? What are some examples of climaxes in literature? Why are climaxes important in literary essays?
In this short lesson, Professor Raymond Malewitz answers these questions through an extended reading of Yiyun Li's "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers." The video is designed to help high school and college English students identify and analyze climaxes within and beyond their literature classes.
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The video is sponsored by the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University. For more discussions of literary topics and essay writing tips, please subscribe to the free SWLF RU-vid Channel or visit liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction and Definition
0:38 Why are climaxes important?
1:08 Importance #1: Spotting Themes
7:07 Importance #2: Enables Re-Reading

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@SWLF 6 месяцев назад

If you enjoyed this video, give us a like, drop us a question about spotting climaxes, or share your favorite example of a climax in a novel, short story, or other narrative. Thanks for watching, everybody!

@Khatoon170 Месяц назад

Thank you for wonderful literary, educational channel. As I said before I am Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American RU-vid channels. I love to read and write because both are great ways to improve our English as none native speakers. Climax definition is most intense moments Within story , making turning point for protagonist as they confront. Climax can be also used as stylistic device by increasing importance of words , in pharse or sentences. For example climax of story when conflict plot is resolved.

@SWLF Месяц назад

Nice work here, @Khatoon170 !

@Khatoon170 19 дней назад

Climax ( Greek ladder ) in dramatic and non dramatic fiction, point at which highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved. In rhetoric climax is achieved by arrangement of unity of meaning ( words , pharse , clauses , sentences). Structure of play climax or crisis is decisive moment or turning point . Pyramidal of five act dramatic structures advanced by German playwright Gustav fregtag in Dietechnik des drama ( 1863) . Climax in sense of crisis occurs close to conclusion of third act . By end of 19 th century when traditional act drama was abandoned in favor of three acts , both crisis and emotional climax were placed lose to end of play . Every story have climax without climax story is just series of events. Thank you for your wonderful educational literary channel.

@SWLF 7 дней назад

Nice work here, Khatoon! For another famous take on why stories need climaxes, check out Frank Kermode's classic work of literary criticism "The Sense of an Ending."