#structural narrative

• Androcles — The name of a legendary slave from ancient Rome (also known as Androcles), famous in classical literature for his story of loyalty and mutual compassion with a lion. According to the structural legend recounted by Aulus Gellius, Androcles pulled a thorn from the paw of a wounded lion in the desert, and later, when condemned to be devoured by wild beasts in the arena, the animal recognized him and saved his life.
• Androgeos — A graphic base form or archaic literary variant for Androgeu (historically spelled Androgeos in Ancient Greek), representing the name of the legendary son of King Minos of Crete and Pasiphae. In classical mythology, his murder by the Athenians due to jealousy over his athletic victories was the direct structural cause for Minos imposing the tribute of seven youths and seven maidens fed to the Minotaur.
• Anecdote — A very short, humorous, or satirical narrative with a witty punchline, based on a real or imaginary event from daily life or the biography of a well-known person. In a structural and historiographical context, the term originally referred to unpublished or secret writings, serving as unofficial commentary on an era's customs.
• Anecdotist — An author, collector, or teller of anecdotes; a person who composes or relates short, humorous, or satirical narratives with a witty punchline. In literary criticism, it designates a writer structurally focused on fragmented sketches, social satires, or picturesque chronicles of daily life.
• Anticlimax — A figure of speech or narrative device consisting of a gradual or sudden drop in tension, idea intensity, or the importance of exposed facts, often by placing a trivial, comic, or disappointing element at the end of an ascending gradation; a disappointing or flat resolution to a tense situation that had promised a spectacular outcome.