Actions: Verbal Telling

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"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
"Mule in the Yard", 257 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Actions: Physical›Sitting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol
"Pantaloon in Black", 252 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
"Retreat", 34 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
"Smoke", 15 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury | Law›Making a case
Themes and Motifs: Past›As explanatory
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
"There Was a Queen", 734 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
"There Was a Queen", 737 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wet clothes
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism
"Uncle Willy", 243 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wrong direction | Verbal›Telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 178 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Community | Psychological›Trauma
Absalom, Absalom!, 60 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Flags in the Dust, 58 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 147 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Go Down, Moses, 41 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife
Go Down, Moses, 63 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Actions: Physical›Searching | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Go Down, Moses, 63 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Still
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous
Light in August, 132 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Mental›Disbelief | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 133 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 133 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 133 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 133 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Emotional›Calm | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 134 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Lying | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 200 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Telling | Work›Farming
Light in August, 245 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Common law
Light in August, 248 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed
Light in August, 248 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 252 (Event)
Environment: Place›Graveyard
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Tirade
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Race›White race
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Obligation
Light in August, 265 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Gaining weight | Bodily›Pregnancy | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Sexual
Light in August, 273 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›Note | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 283 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Car | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 287 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs: Body›Throat | Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 292 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Demanding | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Withholding | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Light in August, 297 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Car | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Light in August, 304 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Arson | Crime›Murder
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 305 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Bonnet
Light in August, 314 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 319 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 319 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 320 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 322 (Event)
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Physical›Climbing | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Singing | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Chair | Objects›Razor
Light in August, 349 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Church
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Domestic›Food preparation | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shirt
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pipe
Light in August, 362 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Standing | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Dread | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Religion
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 372 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Watching | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children
Light in August, 379 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 379 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Exhaustion | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 382 (Event)
Environment: Place›Orphanage
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 408 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Sneaking | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Winking | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 412 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 415 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 417 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Time of Day›Monday morning
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 444 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Light in August, 482 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Excitement | Movement›Train | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 483 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Light in August, 485 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Light in August, 485 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 494 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Economic›Buying | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Light in August, 496 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Violence›Lynching
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Light in August, 500 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Light in August, 503 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breastfeeding | Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Expecting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Truck | Physical›Camping | Physical›Climbing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 506 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Running | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Light in August, 506 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Speculation | Mental›Thinking | Movement | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 51 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
Light in August, 52 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Listen | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 53 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Light in August, 53 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Friendly interaction
Light in August, 55 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Light in August, 6 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual›Desertion
Light in August, 73 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 78 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 79 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 79 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 80 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Light in August, 80 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 81 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 81 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 81 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 82 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Deciding | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 83 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Dread | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Theft
Light in August, 87 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 88 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 89 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Denial | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 91 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Physical›Carrying | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Homicide
Light in August, 92 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Legal›Will | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Light in August, 93 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 93 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Sexual | Social›Assailant-victim
Light in August, 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office | Time of Day›Saturday morning
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 95 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity | Slavery›Metaphorical
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict | Sexual›Inappropriate
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Light in August, 98 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Light in August, 99 (Event)
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Actions: Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Sanctuary, 108 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: War›Military reassignment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gun
Sanctuary, 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
The Sound and the Fury, 19 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bow and arrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Sound and the Fury, 33 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
The Unvanquished, 205 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Mule | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | War›Reconstruction
The Unvanquished, 73 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Violent›Arson
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army