Aesthetics: Narrative Irony
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
- First-person vernacular passim
- Flash forward
- Foreshadowing
- Frame
- Free indirect discourse
- Gaps
- Imagined conversation
- Indeterminacy
- 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
Actions: Play›Joking around | Play›Prank
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Place
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Objects›Gun | Objects›Steamboat | Past›Past vs present
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Cultural Issues: Crime›Embezzlement | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Relationships: Economical›Trustee-ward
Actions: Interaction, Social›Conversion | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | History›Civil Rights legislation | Politics›Corruption | Politics›Exploitative | Politics›Political ambition | Race›Negro-lover | Race›Segregation | Region›The South
Actions: Mental›Understanding
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Recurring Tropes›Design | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Narrative›Irony
Actions: Communication›Miscommunication | Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Education›Need to be educated | Education›Self-taught
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Naming›Importance of naming
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Cassandra | Narrative›Irony
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Southern woman
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Suspended|Resumed
Environment: Atmospheric›Burgeoning | Auditory›Birdsong | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton
Cultural Issues: War›Prisoner | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Irony | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Dressed up | Education›Psychology class | Religion›Hinduism | Ritual›Sati or suttee
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral pyre / cremation | Objects›Books | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Flat-iron | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Environment: Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Voices | Auditory›Water | Natural›Body of water | Natural›River
Actions: Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Swimming | Perceptual›Listening | Play›Children playing | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Death›Death by water / Drowning | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Running out
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Death›Wake | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Irony | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Irony