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Enigma refers to an obscure meaning concealed within in a wrapper of words or a riddle or by means of hidden resemblance of things that is difficult to understand unless analytically explained.
The history and functions of enigma draw on classical and biblical through to modern writing. Wide-ranging examples concentrate on literature in English, especially modern poetry, with three detailed case studies on Dante, Lewis Carroll, and Wallace Stevens.
How do enigmas and riddles work in literature? This benchmark study investigates the literary trope of the riddle, and its relation to the broader term “enigma,” including enigma as large masterplot. Cook argues for a revival of the old figure of speech known as “enigma” from Aristotle to the seventeenth century by demonstrating its usefulness.
Examples An enigma may simply mean the presentation of a paradox: Those hunger most who are most full. An enigma often takes the form of providing descriptive attributes but leaving to the audience to guess what it is that could have those attributes (which are sometimes apparently contradictory):
10 sty 2023 · To what extent does a narrative’s use of subtlety and omission(enigma) enhance and/or undermine your experience as a reader? Purpose: In Essay 2, we will hone our critical analysis skills by considering how subtlety, enigma, and omission impacts the reader’s experience of the short story.
A vast body of literature which climaxed two thousand years of the symbolic culture of Western Europe, combining neoPlatonism, kabbalism, alchemy, magic, hermetism, elements of rhetoric, the Greek myths, fables, proverbs and aphorisms of the Christian fathers.
The history and functions of enigma draw on classical and biblical through to modern writing. Wide-ranging examples concentrate on literature in English, especially modern poetry, with three detailed case studies on Dante, Lewis Carroll, and Wallace Stevens.
