Keywords

Vocabulary: Aesthetics
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1265 France Allusion, Geographical
1215 Longstreet, James Allusion, Historical
1204 Eyes Description
1186 Collaborative narration Narrative

Any time multiple characters or voices participate in relating a story. JW

1180 Embedded text, lettering Intertextuality
1172 Mystery Genre Conventions
1167 Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" Allusion, Historical
Vocabulary: Relationships
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1264 Mentorship Familial
1263 Mentorship Social
1233 Desertion Marital
1168 Bigamy Marital
Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1262 Mentorship Education
1258 Status, low Class
1257 American Nationality
1254 Drunkenness Alcohol
1249 Legal authority Law
1244 Custody Law
1232 Legal document Law
1231 Unspecified sickness Health and Illness
1219 Hospitality Region
1216 Taxes Politics
1214 Handmade Clothes
1211 Native American Ethnicity
1194 Wages Economy
1191 Poverty Economy
1190 Shoes Clothes
1188 Premature aging Age
1184 Corn farming Land-Use
1179 Cotton Agriculture
1178 Corn Agriculture
1176 Soil quality Agriculture
1174 Working Class
1171 Retrial Law
Vocabulary: Themes and Motifs
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1261 Flesh Body
1260 Bugs Animals
1259 Tomorrow and tomorrow Recurring Tropes
1256 Going fast Recurring Tropes
1252 Filthy lucre Money

When money elicits moral contempt: as tainted, corrupting, compromised, beneath one. JW

1247 Ax Objects
1245 Injustice Morals
1243 Complexion Appearance
1242 Departure Arrivals/Departures
1235 Pride Character
1227 Trust Character
1226 Responsibility Character
1224 Honesty Character
1223 Suffering Philosophical
1222 Lightning bugs Animals
1221 Cicadas Animals
1210 False name Naming
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

1201 Goat Animals
1196 Work ethic Character
1187 Independence Character
1183 Shotgun Objects
1177 Endurance Recurring Tropes
1166 Named for historical figure Naming
Vocabulary: Environment
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1255 Highway Public
1229 February Time of Year
1220 Sunset Time of Day
1199 March Time of Year
1198 Sawmill Place
1197 Christmas Time of Year
1181 Log house Domestic Space
1175 Hills Natural
Vocabulary: Actions
Term IDsort ascending Term Parent Description
1253 Shooting Violent
1251 Apprehending Physical
1250 Hitting Physical
1248 Assault Violent
1246 Carriage Movement
1241 Quitting job Work
1240 Burial Physical
1239 Dying Bodily
1238 Marriage Legal
1237 Childbirth Bodily
1236 Feeding Domestic
1234 Speculation Mental
1230 Riding Movement
1228 Ascent Economic
1225 Love Emotional
1218 Invitation Verbal
1217 Dipping snuff Bodily
1213 Sewing Domestic
1212 Chopping Agricultural
1209 Child care Domestic
1208 Lying Moral
1207 Milking Domestic
1206 Nursing Domestic
1205 Cleaning Domestic
1203 Discovery Mental
1200 Buggy Movement
1195 Trading Economic
1193 Sawmilling Work
1192 Renting Economic
1189 Washing Domestic
1185 Storytelling Verbal
1182 Fury Emotional
1173 Contemplation Mental
1170 Discharging jury Legal
1169 Deliberating Legal

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