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
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, 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›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 80 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Slapping
Light in August, 81 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 81 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Telling
Light in August, 81 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Worry | 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