Themes and Motifs: Story-telling Retelling

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"A Courtship", 370 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 373 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Old days | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 378 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Horse | Movement›Running | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"Gold Is Not Always", 228 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Retelling
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Disruption
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Absalom, Absalom!, 24 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Listening | Communication›Speaking | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 26 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Perceptual›Experiencing second-hand / vicariously | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Retelling | Time›Future | Time›Long passage of time
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Narrative›Flash forward | Narrative›Foreshadowing
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Absalom, Absalom!, 3 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Haunting | Auditory›Quietness | Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Watching | Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing the past | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Body›Voice | Objects›Chair | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Repression | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Odor | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Color yellow | Description›Grotesque | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Paint | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Haunted | Atmospheric›Spectral | Place›Plantation
Actions: Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Mental›Imagining | Mental›Internal argument | Mental›Uncertainty | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Garrulousness | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Education›Harvard | History›Civil War consequences | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Paternity | Memory›Haunted by past | Memory›Remembering | Past›Past in present | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Story-telling›Collaborative | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Past
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Sister-sister
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Diction›Neologism | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Narrative›Conversation with oneself | Narrative›Imagined conversation | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Burial | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Eyes
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Storm
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Gender›Labor | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 116 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Making a bed | Emotional›Stubbornness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Respect | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 152 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Free Will
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Character›Intelligence | Character›Responsibility | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
As I Lay Dying, 203 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Street
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Medical treatment | Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 204 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 149 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Go Down, Moses, 176 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Light in August, 444 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Light in August, 445 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
The Sound and the Fury, 302 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Insulting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Traveling show | Law›Badge | Law›Evidence | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Diction›Racist term