Cultural Issues: Class Snopesism
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambition
- Aristocratic posing
- Birthright
- Blood
- British nobility
- Caste system
- Class conflict
- Class consciousness
- Declasse
- Dehumanization
- Disruption
- Elite
- Equality
- Etiquette
- French nobility
- Gentility
- Homelessness
- Lower class / riff-raff / canaille
- Middle
- noblesse-oblige
- Planter vs farmer
- Power
- Pretension
- Professional
- Respectability
- Social decline
- Social mobility
- Status, low
- Town v. country/farm
- White trash
- Working
Tagged Events
Actions: Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Banking | History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Time›Future
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson
Actions: Economic›Saving money | Economic›Selling a house or place
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Alcoholism | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social decline | Education›Trade school | Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Dysfunctional | Interracial›Master-servant
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Scoundrel | Story-telling›Explaining
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Wild horses | Chaos/Order›Disorder
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›First-person vernacular passim
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Environment: Place›Country store
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Economy›Predatory practices
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Morals›Injustice
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Actions: Bodily›Chewing | Economic›Stock trading
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Communication›Letter | Mental›Believing
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Masculine woman
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Carolina | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Narrative anomaly
Actions: Bodily›Feeling pain | Verbal›Self-justifying
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Migration›Intraregional migration
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Abraham | Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Migration›Intraregional migration
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Searching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Conversation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›House
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Technology›Telephone
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Auditory›Insect sounds | Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Gate
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect
Environment: Otherworldly›Beyond living world passim
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Nothing to do | Naming›Child's name | Values›Idealism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Launcelot
Environment: Time of Year›Between planting and harvesting
Actions: Agricultural›Child labor | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Showing up | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Marital›Marriage vs freedom
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care | Economic›Auction
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Economic›Buying a house
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Economic›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation
Actions: Economic›Blacksmithing
Aesthetics: Language›Abundance or flow of words
Environment: Time of Year›Between planting and harvesting
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Progress›Building structure
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle | Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Livestock | Class›Snopesism | Economy›Contract | Health and Illness›Hospitalization|Operation | Health and Illness›Recuperation
Environment: Time of Year›Harvest
Actions: Economic›Settling up
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Dispossession
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem reaches Jefferson
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Government›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Education›Mentorship | Gender›Male rescuer
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter | Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Death›Funeral
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Technology›Telegraph | Technology›Telephone
Relationships: Marital›Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Greenwich Village | Narrative›First-person
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return from war
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Politics›Campaigning
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Luck
Relationships: Marital›Shotgun marriage
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Actions: Agricultural›Raising|shipping cattle
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Tradition | Death›Funeral
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Moonshining | Law›Conviction
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Actions: Mental›Planning | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Crime›Blackmail | Sexuality›Impotence | Sexuality›Interracial | Sexuality›Pornography
Themes and Motifs: Art›Photograph | Texts›Letters
Relationships: Familial›Uncertain relationship | Marital›Jealousy
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Health and Illness›Injured
Relationships: Familial›Uncertain relationship
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Progress›Country to city
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Moses
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Heidelberg
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Perceptual›Watching
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Tea
Themes and Motifs: Morals›Responsibility | Objects›Tea | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Naming›Child's name
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Character›Work ethic | Objects›Shotgun | Objects›Watermelon
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Place›Playground | Public›School
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Marriage proposal | Work›Store clerk
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Clothes›Suit | Education›Graduation | History›Civil War | Progress›Cars | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Death›And inheritance | Money›Inheritance | Naming›Child's name | Naming›Nickname
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Temporal projection
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Class›Snopesism
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Tie | Sexuality›Learning about | Technology›Car
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Verbal›Banter / small talk
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Snopesism | Clothes›Dress | Food›Coffee | Mass Media›Advertising | Mass Media›Magazines
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Themes and Motifs: Money
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Farming life | Class›Snopesism | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Self-correction
Cultural Issues: Class›Ambition | Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Social›Adversarial
Actions: Violent›Assault | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Texts | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Widower
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Themes and Motifs: Exile›Indian Removal
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism
Environment: Time of Year›Summer
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Education›Harvard | Education›Heidelberg | Education›Law school
Relationships: Commercial›Business partners | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Themes and Motifs: Character›Intelligence
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Ambitious | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Relationships: Marital›Father in law-son in law | Marital›Wedding
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Flem and Eula marry
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Actions: Mental›Speculation | Work›Restauranteer
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Mental›Remembering
Themes and Motifs: Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Stock trading
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Year›Christmas
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Verbal›Self-justifying
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses