Themes and Motifs: Community Local legends

Description

I created this term in response to the local legend of Melisandre Backus Harriss that Chick inherits in "Knight's Gambit."--LW

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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
"Knight's Gambit", 149 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Character›Personality change | Community›Local legends | Objects›Books
"Knight's Gambit", 150 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Knight's Gambit", 150 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Community›Local legends
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Fiance
"Knight's Gambit", 153 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Community›Stranger | Time›Timelessness
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Knight's Gambit", 155 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Marital›Honeymoon
"Knight's Gambit", 210 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Hate | Violent›Violence against animals
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Local legends
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cemetery
Cultural Issues: History›Great Migration
Themes and Motifs: Art›Jazz music | Community›Local legends | Memory›Collective memory
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Harlem
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard", 136 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Money›Treasure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Vicksburg | Allusion, Historical›Grant, Ulysses S.
"Pantaloon in Black", 240 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
Go Down, Moses, 132 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth | Values›Love
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Created by characters | Symbolism›Fire
Go Down, Moses, 286 (Event)
Actions: Play›Poker
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Slavery›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Inheritance›Property | Money›Inheritance
The Hamlet, 32 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Horse trading
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
The Hamlet, 4 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Money›Hidden
The Mansion, 182 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
The Mansion, 402 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Materialism›Status | Sexuality›Illegitimacy
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 334 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Recurring Tropes›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Lilith | Narrative›Second-person directed