Aesthetics: Narrative Anticipation

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"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Narrative›Anticipation
"A Courtship", 362 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"An Error in Chemistry", 121 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"An Error in Chemistry", 129 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Class›Homelessness | Ethnicity›Native American | History›Indian Removal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Hearse | Exile›Dispossession | Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Appendix: Compson", 326 (Event)
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Frame | Style›List
"Appendix: Compson", 328 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian agency | Place›Okatoba | Place›Old Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race | Government›US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Body›Physical disability | Naming›Importance of naming | Objects›Pistol
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Natchez Trace | Allusion, Historical›Lycurgus of Sparta | Allusion, Historical›Year 1860 | Narrative›Anticipation
"By the People", 133 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Politics›Campaigning | Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs: Values›Valor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal projection
"Knight's Gambit", 201 (Event)
Environment: Place›Memphis
Actions: Communication›Telephone
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Narrative›Anticipation
"Knight's Gambit", 209 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Unaware | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Knight's Gambit", 215 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Labor›Translation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Lion", 194 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Mental›Realization
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Race at Morning", 305 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Exhaustion | Perceptual›Seeing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Uncle Willy", 234 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Food›Ice-cream
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Alcohol
Themes and Motifs: Time›Future
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Uncle Willy", 236 (Event)
Environment: Public›Drugstore
Actions: Physical›Escaping
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Law›Sheriff
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Uncle Willy", 240 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Time›Past
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
"Uncle Willy", 240 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Awareness of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Uncle Willy", 242 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Kidnapping
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Hierarchical›Child as authority | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Self-Reflective
"Uncle Willy", 245 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Comforting | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Self-justifying | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Race›Black foresight | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Remembering | Morals›Loyalty | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Delayed revelation
"Uncle Willy", 246 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Engine | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Heart beating | Movement›Flight | Physical›Holding | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Violent›Airplane crash
Cultural Issues: Race›Black body
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"Wash", 546 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Lee, Robert Edward | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 107 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Class›Dehumanization
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Justice
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Satan | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 145 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Hammer | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Symbolism›Roman
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design
Relationships: Marital›Divorce
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community | Meaning›Mystery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Alcohol | Economy›Poverty
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Slavery›Metaphorical
Themes and Motifs: Time›Running out | Values›Determination
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
Absalom, Absalom!, 25 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Change over time | Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal discontinuity
Absalom, Absalom!, 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 275 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Interruption
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Wound
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Revision | Narrative›Unreliable narrator
Absalom, Absalom!, 29 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Past
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Class›Ambition
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Meaning›Mystery | Past
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Seed | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 48 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Interpretation›Ambiguity | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 63 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Health and Illness›Obesity
Relationships: Marital›Arrangements
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 64 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing | Legal›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Death | Objects›Bible
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 67 (Event)
Actions: Moral›Renounce
Cultural Issues: Class›Birthright
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Doom
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Moth | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | History›Civil War as point of reference | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Past | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 71 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 72 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 73 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 77 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Love | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Futility | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Friendship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 79 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Murder
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Recurring Episodes›Henry kills Bon
As I Lay Dying, 226 (Event)
Environment: Public›Road
Actions: Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Mass Media›Telephone | Progress›Cars
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Death›Burial | Death›Respect | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
As I Lay Dying, 40 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Doom | Time of Day›Sunset
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Obesity
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal projection
Go Down, Moses, 155 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Not remember
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 182 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 19 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 217 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 221 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 242 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Persistence over time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 255 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Curiosity | Moral›Secret | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 285 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 300 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hunting camps
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Logging | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 339 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Hearing
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Temporal projection
Go Down, Moses, 36 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 362 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Claustrophobic
Actions: Bodily›Singing | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Panic | Movement›Flight
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Aesthetics: Language›Call and response | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Go Down, Moses, 42 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 44 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 72 (Event)
Environment: Place›Indian mound
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Suspense
Go Down, Moses, 81 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Go Down, Moses, 81 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fury | Hunting›Tracking
Cultural Issues: Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Requiem for a Nun, 24 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Progress›Frontier to civilization
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Sanctuary, 215 (Event)
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Rat
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
The Hamlet, 108 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 145 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 153 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Inversion
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 229 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 387 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 389 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 64 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes›And class
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 64 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 66 (Event)
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Hamlet, 73 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Baby
Relationships: Familial›Blended
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Mansion, 103 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness | History›Communism | History›Spanish Civil War | Race›Segregation | War›Spanish Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Spanish Civil War | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 112 (Event)
Environment: Place›Penitentiary | Time of Year›October
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Law›Parole | Politics›Democracy
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Telegram
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›San Diego, California | Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 137 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Lot | Place›Sawmill | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Economic›Eviction | Movement›Buggy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
The Mansion, 140 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 147 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Art›And civilization | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 147 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Renunciation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 157 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Generous | Character›Inherited traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
The Mansion, 241 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Inquiry | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Mansion, 31 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Mansion, 35 (Event)
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Anticipation
The Mansion, 35 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Future
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Mansion, 352 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democracy | Progress›Technological | Technology›Radio | Technology›Television
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Mansion, 434 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Reivers , 247 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 256 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Reivers , 29 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Rain
Actions: Movement›Driving
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Driving gear | Progress›Cars
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Reivers , 42 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›May
Themes and Motifs: Death
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Reivers , 76 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Nature | Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Loft | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Laughing | Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Renaming
Themes and Motifs: Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
The Reivers , 81 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Plow
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
The Sound and the Fury, 301 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Time›Simultaneity of time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Narrative shift
The Town, 25 (Event)
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Moral›Scheming
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Anticipation
The Town, 386 (Event)
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Color gray | Narrative›Anticipation
The Town, 45 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Intelligence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Adam | Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Historical›Semiramis | Diction›Neologism | Figures of Speech›Military analogy | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
The Town, 92 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation