kohtauksena
Kohtauksena is the essive form of the Finnish noun kohtaus, meaning a scene or episode. It expresses “as a scene” or “in the capacity of a scene” within a larger work such as a film, theatre piece, or narrative. In practice, kohtauksena is used in criticism and analysis to refer to a segment that is treated as a discrete scene rather than a continuous sequence, and it can label how a portion of a work is presented or structured.
Grammatically, kohtauksena is formed by adding the essive suffix -na/-nä to kohtaus. The essive case indicates
Common contexts include film and theatre reviews, academic writing on narrative structure, and script analysis, where
Etymology: from kohtaus (scene) plus the essive suffix -na/-nä.
See also: kohtaus; essive case; Finnish grammar; film analysis.