Aesthetics: Genre Conventions Comedy

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"Mule in the Yard", 249 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Time of Year›January | Weather›Fog
Actions: Bodily›Running
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cloak | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Headrag | Clothes›Tennis shoes
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
The Reivers , 81 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Lifting
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›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 Town, 248 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
The Town, 28 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit
Actions: Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Objects›knife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Genre Conventions›Comedy
The Unvanquished, 63 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy
The Unvanquished, 71 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor
Actions: Movement›Walking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Gun
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Comedy