Analepses

/əˈnæləpˌsiz/ noun

Plural of analepsis; literary instances where a narrative jumps backward in time to reveal past events.

From Greek analepsis, from ana- (back, again) + lepsis (a seizing, from lambanein, to take). The term describes 'taking back' the narrative to earlier moments.

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