This effect is normally associated with the epic/novel genre of literature, and can be understood by the analogy "as catharsis is to the dramatic, so kenosis is to the lyric, so kairosis is to the epic/novel."
[3] In the novel Emma, kairosis is developed when an individualistic young woman attempts to play matchmaker to the world.
Emma's problem was not to gain a social status of marriage: we are always aware that she will be married by the end of the novel and there is no catharsis experienced as an unexpected climactic action.
Kairosis is experienced by the reader of the modern novel when the character reaches a moment of psychological integration in time.
Kairosis has been used as part of an attempt in role playing game (rpg) theory to grapple with the issue of immersion.