Admitting that sex has a power greater than the lovers» combined strengths means admitting risk — but part of that risk is the risk of eucatastrophe. (firstthings.com)
The final clue in this epic journey is the word Tolkien invented to describe what he saw as a good quality in a fairy - story — and that word was eucatastrophe, this being the notion that there is a «sudden joyous «turn»» in the story, where everything is going well, «giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy», whilst not denying the «existence of dyscatastrophe — of sorrow and failure». (faith.org.uk)
J. R. R. Tolkien, in On Fairy - Stories, coined a term for the way the redemptive mystery is explored in fiction: he called it the eucatastrophe. (religion-online.org)