Keywords
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4062 | Adage | Narrative | ||
| 740 | Accent | Diction | ||
| 4074 | Abundance or flow of words | Language |
For whenever a text makes a point of "words" (without necessarily listing specific ones) - generalizing about them. Added for when Quentin starts thinking about being "the words coming out" as he reflects on how could he be a virgin. JBP |
|
| 1386 | Absurdist | Tone | ||
| 3451 | Abraham | Allusion, Biblical | ||
| 4089 | Abduction myths | Allusion, Mythical | ||
| 5077 | Ab's war wound | Recurring Episodes | ||
| 5632 | Ab Snopes at De Spain's house | Recurring Episodes | ||
| 5317 | Aaahhhhhhh | Language | ||
| 3442 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Allusion, Literary | ||
| 3684 | "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past | Diction |
This could come under Style, too -- to capture when Faulkner uses simple words like "is" or "was" as synonyms for larger concepts of past or present. Added for Quentin, but could be used in As I Lay Dying too for Darl's rumination on the same. JBP |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3629 | Acrid | Olfactory | ||
| 3314 | Academic quad / quadrangle | Public |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 548 | Acquittal | Law | ||
| 1372 | Accident | Violence | ||
| 5089 | Academia | Education | ||
| 3374 | Abuse of office | Law | ||
| 4597 | Abstinence | Alcohol | ||
| 3420 | Abortion | Health and Illness | ||
| 983 | Aboriginal | Land-Use | ||
| 317 | Abolition | Slavery | ||
| 905 | Abdication | Government | ||
| 302 | AANoSecondTerm | Slavery | ||
| 5614 | 1860 Election of Lincoln | History |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2991 | Accusatory | Verbal | ||
| 1977 | Accounting | Economic |
This does not merely describe the specific actions of an accountant, but any formal or informal balancing of the books be it Flem Snopes, Maury Priest, or Will Varner. JB |
|
| 2562 | Accident | Work | ||
| 5171 | Accepting | Mental |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4419 | Accounts | Texts | ||
| 1689 | Accident | Chaos/Order | ||
| 2604 | Absurdity | Meaning | ||
| 358 | Absence/Loss | (First level term) | ||
| 4512 | Absence of sound | Absence/Loss | ||
| 5275 | Absence as presence | Absence/Loss | ||
| 1331 | Absence as loss | Absence/Loss | ||
| 617 | Absence as disguise | Absence/Loss |
This was created to note Flem Snopes' calculated absence during the horse auction, the way he has orchestrated it from behind the scene. I'm not sure this occurs with anyone but Flem, but it occurs multiple times in his case. SR |
|
| 1327 | Absence | Absence/Loss | ||
| 2880 | Abrupt shift in time | Time |
For when a narrative makes an abrupt or unexpected shift in time - as in Benjy's narrative in S&F. |
|
| 910 | Abandonment | Absence/Loss | ||
| 1202 | "Wait" | Recurring Tropes |
Spoken by a character to pause or slow down narration by another character so s/he can process the significance or take over the narration. The classic examples are from ABSALOM, but it's a signature verbal formula across Faulkner. JW |
| Term ID |
Term |
Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 | Abusive | Marital | ||
| 1354 | Abandonment | Marital |