Happening

Happening

One of the two kinds of event in a narrative. Unlike actions, happenings occur without the specific agency of a character.

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Happenings

Art history; General art history

Happenings were theatrical events created by artists, initially in America, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were the forerunners of Performance art and in turn emerged ...

happening

Literature; Literary techniques

One of the two kinds of event in a narrative. Unlike actions, happenings occur without the specific agency of a character.

happen

Language; Dictionaries

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

Happening or happening

Art history; General art history

Happenings were loosely structured theatrical pieces from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s, which shared qualities of unexpectedness (a large margin for improvisation), variety ...

Shit happens.

Language; Slang

Bad things just happen. (Usually objectionable.) * Tough luck, but shit happens. * Shit happens. There’s nothing that can be done about it.

summary

Literature; Literary techniques

A shortened version, containing only the most important points as a simple statement that ties together the main facts or ideas.

apostrophe

Literature; Literary techniques

A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.

assonance

Literature; Literary techniques

Repetition of the same sound in words close to each other.

zeugma

Literature; Literary techniques

Two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them.

tautology

Literature; Literary techniques

Repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence.

synecdoche

Literature; Literary techniques

Understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part.

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