Themes and Motifs: Story-telling Communal mythology

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"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Government | Group Mentality›Communal story | History›Civil War | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Community›Local legends | Naming›Renaming | Past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Child's perspective
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Harpe | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Random
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Padlock | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 204 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Government›Right of secession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Incarcerating
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Rose for Emily", 120 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
"Gold Is Not Always", 227 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"Gold Is Not Always", 228 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Retelling
"Red Leaves", 317 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Movement›Boat | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Insight | Mental›Realization | Mental›Reinterpretation | Mental›Thinking | Mental›Understanding | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Responding
Cultural Issues: History
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Memory | Psychological›Motivation | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar
Actions: Communication›Messenger | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Informal | Group Mentality›Community collective | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Delayed revelation | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Withholding
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Familiar | Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Sunday | Time of Day›Sunday morning | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Economic›Purchase | Legal›Marriage | Movement›Riding | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Economy›Property | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Widow | Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Law›Legal ownership | Law›Property | Ritual›Wedding | Violence›Retribution
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Community›Local legends | Death›Future | Death›Spousal | Determinism›Fated | Home›New home | Meaning›Mystery | Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Collective memory | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Time›Duration of time | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Past | Values›Justice
Relationships: Familial›Conflict | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Genesis | Figures of Speech›Breath | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Origin | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Flags in the Dust, 10 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Exaggeration | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Melodrama
Go Down, Moses, 221 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Recurring Episodes›Confederate raid in Memphis
Go Down, Moses, 245 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: History›American historical myths
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament
Requiem for a Nun, 183 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 32 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Requiem for a Nun, 4 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 5 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Harpe | Interpretation›Debunking story | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Military›Raid
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Confederate raid in Memphis
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Town, 106 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Contemplation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Literary›Guinevere | Allusion, Literary›Lancelot | Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Allusion, Literary›Tristan and Isolde
The Town, 147 (Event)
Environment: Public›Bank
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Sabotage
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Values›Honor
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology