Aesthetics: Narrative First-person vernacular
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Adage
- African-American folk sayings
- Alternative story
- Anti-climax
- Anticipation
- Argument
- Background
- Child's perspective
- Chronological enjambment
- Collaborative narration
- Commentary
- Communal narrative
- Conjectural narration
- Contested
- Conversation with oneself
- Cyclical
- Delayed revelation
- Disruption
- Epiphany
- Fantasy
- First-person
- First-person passim
- First-person passim throughout section
- First-person plural passim
- First-person vernacular passim
- Foreshadowing
- Frame
- Free indirect discourse
- Gaps
- Imagined conversation
- Indeterminacy
- Irony
- Mid-sentence insertion of another thought
- Multiple quotations in a single paragraph
- Narrative anomaly
- Narrative shift
- Origin
- Parentheses
- Pause
- Perspective
- Present-time reference
- Quotation as thought
- Reconstructed
- Repetition
- Reported narration
- Reported narration passim
- Reported narration passim in section
- Resumption of sentence after interruption
- Revision
- Revisionary
- Second-person directed
- Self-correction
- Self-Reflective
- Stream of consciousness narration
- Summary
- Suspended|Resumed
- Suspense
- Temporal discontinuity
- Temporal projection
- Theatrical effect
- Under oath
- Unidentified character
- Unreliable narrator
- Withholding
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Jewish | Gender›Changing relationships | Gender›War | History›Spanish Civil War | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Violence›Rape | War›Casualties of war | War›Return from war | War›Veterans | War›Wound
Cultural Issues: War›Return from war | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Phi Beta Kappa | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Perspective
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Perspective
Actions: Emotional›Frustration
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Perspective | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Sexuality›Female
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Interaction, Social›Spectate
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Relocation | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Gender›Separate spaces | Sexuality›Female
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Male rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Proud | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Female
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry | Religion›Church service
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Delilah | Allusion, Biblical›Samson | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Lot | Place›Sawmill | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Relationships: Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Tone›Ironic
Actions: Bodily›Losing consciousness
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Having sex
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Furnish bill | Education›College | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage | Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Style›Address to reader
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Work›Doctor / medical care
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Doctoring
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Communication›Note
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Negotiation
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas | Values›Propriety
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Relationships: Romantic›Love at first sight
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar
Relationships: Familial›Mother-infant
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Economy›Banking | Education›West Point | Politics›Election | War›Civil War | War›Spanish American War | War›Wound
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Values›Idealism
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Economic›Partnership | Physical›Cooking
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Government›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Public›Town Square
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Cotillion Club | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Bleeding
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Paying
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Power Plant
Actions: Economic›Accounting | Economic›Paying
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Official office
Cultural Issues: Law›Civil suit
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Education›Law school | Education›University of Mississippi
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›And nationality | Gender›Gentleman | History›European Revolutions of 1848 | Race›Aryan | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Art›And civilization
Actions: Military›Enlistment
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›And nationality
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Renunciation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Art›And civilization | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Politics›Election
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Bodily›Dying | Violent›Car accident
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Old Bayard's death
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Attempt to find substitute
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Education›Mentorship | Gender›Male rescuer
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Planning | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Education›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education | Education›Mentorship
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Movement›Walking
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Rural
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Education›University of Mississippi
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Character›Generous | Character›Inherited traits
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Education›University of Mississippi
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Year›April
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Secrecy
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Daybreak
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Time of Day›Ten o'clock a.m.
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Sunrise
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Relationships: Familial›Father-son in law
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Impatience
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Religion›Baptism | Religion›Methodism | Ritual›Funeral | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Death›Funeral
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Time of Day›Eleven o'clock p.m.
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Relationships: Economical›Trustee-ward
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Objects›Monument
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Themes and Motifs: Art›Painting | Art›Photograph | Objects›Camera | Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Italy | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Art›Sculpture | Objects›Luggage | Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Eternal feminine | Texts›Epitaph
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Football
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Alcohol›Racial|Regional stereotypes about drinking | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Pipe
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person vernacular