Denouement, in literature, is the end effect of a character's earlier actions. Denouement occurs after the climax. There is a "turning point" between the climax and the denouement, termed "peripeteia". Wikisource Every Author - Online books and writers forums A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology (José Ángel García Landa, University of Zaragoza, Spain) Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning T... The climax of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama. ... Peripeteia (Greek, περιπετεῖα) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. ...

The term is borrowed into English from the French. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...