Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
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Description |
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3684 | Aesthetics | Diction | "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past |
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 |
1202 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | "Wait" |
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 |
3442 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
302 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | AANoSecondTerm | |
1354 | Relationships | Marital | Abandonment | |
910 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Abandonment | |
905 | Cultural Issues | Government | Abdication | |
4089 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Abduction myths | |
317 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Abolition | |
983 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Aboriginal | |
3420 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Abortion | |
3451 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Abraham | |
2880 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Abrupt shift in time |
For when a narrative makes an abrupt or unexpected shift in time - as in Benjy's narrative in S&F. |
1327 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence | |
617 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as disguise |
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 |
1331 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as loss | |
4512 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence of sound | |
358 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Absence/Loss | |
4597 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Abstinence | |
1386 | Aesthetics | Tone | Absurdist | |
2604 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Absurdity | |
4074 | Aesthetics | Language | Abundance or flow of words |
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 |
3374 | Cultural Issues | Law | Abuse of office | |
625 | Relationships | Marital | Abusive | |
3314 | Environment | Public | Academic quad / quadrangle | |
740 | Aesthetics | Diction | Accent | |
2562 | Actions | Work | Accident | |
1372 | Cultural Issues | Violence | Accident | |
1689 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Accident | |
1977 | Actions | Economic | Accounting |
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 |
4419 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Accounts | |
2991 | Actions | Verbal | Accusatory | |
548 | Cultural Issues | Law | Acquittal | |
3629 | Environment | Olfactory | Acrid | |
4062 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Adage | |
2695 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Adam | |
1407 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Addiction | |
3370 | Actions | Communication | Addressing for mail delivery | |
923 | Cultural Issues | Age | Adolescence | |
2799 | Relationships | Friendship | Adult friends | |
2892 | Relationships | Friendship | Adult-child | |
1355 | Relationships | Marital | Adultery | |
858 | Relationships | Sexual | Adultery | |
517 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Advent | |
597 | Relationships | Social | Adversarial | |
1793 | Cultural Issues | Mass Media | Advertising | |
3201 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Advertising | |
897 | Cultural Issues | War | Aerial combat | |
4099 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Affirmation |
Similar to the keyword for negation, but for when a text vaguely affirms or says yes about something. (Cf. Quentin saying "we did" and "yes Yes Yes yes" on 148-49 of SF.) JBP |
2796 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Africa | |
2347 | Cultural Issues | Religion | African American |
Religion with regard to either African-Americans or the African-American community. The particular example here is of Lucius Priest in the The Reivers who imagines a "Negro" sermonizing about a moral decision. R 61.8. JB |
3798 | Themes and Motifs | Art | African American music | |
690 | Aesthetics | Diction | African American vernacular dialect | |
305 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | African origins | |
626 | Themes and Motifs | Community | African-American | |
3521 | Aesthetics | Narrative | African-American folk sayings | |
2232 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Afterlife | |
1022 | Environment | Time of Day | Afternoon | |
2663 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Agamemnon | |
464 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Age | |
1082 | Actions | (First level term) | Agricultural | |
1635 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Agricultural | |
4033 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Agricultural | |
1087 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Agriculture | |
4104 | Aesthetics | Language | Ah Ah Ah | |
4105 | Aesthetics | Language | ah ah ah | |
1380 | Aesthetics | Language | Ah-Ah-Ah | |
4326 | Aesthetics | Language | Ah-h-h | |
3470 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Ahenobarbus | |
3214 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Air gun | |
3035 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Air travel | |
3252 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Airplane | |
4413 | Actions | Violent | Airplane crash | |
4414 | Environment | Auditory | Airplane sound | |
4195 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Alabama | |
4381 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Alabama Secession Convention | |
1459 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Alarm |
This is whenever a character arrives or departs to communicate a message of alarm. JB |
465 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Alcohol | |
2772 | Environment | Olfactory | Alcohol | |
3915 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Alcoholism | |
3181 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Alexander | |
1783 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Alias | |
1778 | Cultural Issues | Law | Alibi | |
1745 | Cultural Issues | Law | Alienating |
Any time the legal system alienates a person caught up in it, whether the person is guilty or not. The direct example here is Monk, but Mink Snopes is equally alienated, because he does not understand how the system works and suffers more dire consequences because of it. |
2331 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Alienation | |
4447 | Themes and Motifs | Exile | Alienation from nature | |
4628 | Actions | Bodily | Alimentary | |
2017 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | All caps | |
2872 | Cultural Issues | Gender | All-male space | |
1147 | Relationships | Marital | Alleged | |
2014 | Environment | Public | Alley | |
3010 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Alligators | |
1095 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Biblical | |
1096 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Geographical | |
406 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Historical | |
1097 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Literary | |
1098 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Mythical | |
3448 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Aloneness |
As in the "aloneness" Addie Bundren seeks to have violated in As I Lay Dying. EKP |
2936 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Alps | |
4065 | Cultural Issues | Identity, Personal | Alter ego / other self |