Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parent Termsort descending Description
5707 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Mussolini, Benito
2858 Environment Olfactory Must
1469 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Mute
4846 Actions Violent Mutilation
852 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Mysterious
877 Themes and Motifs Meaning Mystery
1172 Aesthetics Genre Conventions Mystery
2220 Themes and Motifs Objects Nail
2389 Themes and Motifs Character Naivety
5137 Themes and Motifs Body Naked
2019 Themes and Motifs Appearance Nakedness
1830 Themes and Motifs Animals Named bear Ben
860 Themes and Motifs Animals Named dog Lion
1166 Themes and Motifs Naming Named for historical figure
463 Themes and Motifs (First level term) Naming
2280 Cultural Issues Race Naming

The informal names given to people of another race, especially African-Americans. In particular, names like "Uncle" or "Mammy" stand out here. This is a bit distinct from "Naming slavery" as these practices post-date enslavement. JB
1057 Actions Verbal Naming self
311 Cultural Issues Slavery Naming slaves
5051 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Nancy confronts white man
3141 Themes and Motifs Objects Napkin
1685 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Napoleon
5217 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Narcissa marries Bayard
5033 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Narcissa's anonymous letters
3848 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Narcissus
411 Aesthetics (First level term) Narrative
4382 Aesthetics Narrative Narrative anomaly
4395 Aesthetics Narrative Narrative shift
2901 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Nashville, Tennessee
4941 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Natchez Trace
4325 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Natchez, Mississippi
4246 Cultural Issues Identity, Cultural National
1713 Cultural Issues Government National authority
474 Cultural Issues (First level term) Nationality
1600 Cultural Issues Race Native American

I added this in addition to the more specific Indian tribal identifications because I thought that it would be useful to have a larger umbrella term for users searching for Faulkner's Native American material. LW
4190 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Native American
1211 Cultural Issues Ethnicity Native American
1606 Aesthetics Diction Native American languages

I created this for "The Old People," 204.2, because the emphasis is on the "old tongue" that Sam Fathers speaks. LW
5599 Cultural Issues Race Native American stereotype
334 Environment (First level term) Natural
2549 Environment Auditory Nature

The sounds of nature, generally on a quiet night. JB
5152 Actions Bodily Nausea
3626 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Nausea
5489 Cultural Issues War Naval warfare
5686 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Nazi Party
5496 Themes and Motifs Money Need for
4288 Cultural Issues Education Need to be educated
1116 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Negation

This is the term for when the narrative suggests an image or action, but only in the act of denying it: "He was not crying." EP
4261 Themes and Motifs Home Neglect
1033 Actions Verbal Negotiation
5582 Environment Place Negro district
3030 Cultural Issues Education Negro education
4756 Cultural Issues Race Negro reporting white behavior
2203 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Negro spirituals
4975 Cultural Issues History Negro troops
5025 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Negro voting
4980 Cultural Issues Race Negro-lover
752 Relationships Social Neighbor
641 Aesthetics Style Neologism
930 Aesthetics Diction Neologism

This keyword can be used for terms and words invented by Faulkner, including portmanteau words, hyphenated words (e.g., "ax-squared"), non-hyphenated words (e.g., "deathcolored"), onomatopoeic words, or other similar constructions. Not all hyphenated words would qualify as a neologism, such as "mud-caked" or "three-foot-high" which are too commonplace to qualify as neologisms. -CR
2529 Cultural Issues Technology Neon
5507 Cultural Issues Progress Neon lights
4229 Relationships Familial Nepotism
5567 Cultural Issues Government Nepotism
879 Relationships Interracial Networks
3385 Themes and Motifs Objects New car
4972 Cultural Issues History New Deal
5182 Cultural Issues Region New England
3779 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical New England
5524 Themes and Motifs Home New home
4644 Aesthetics Language new item
2726 Actions Physical new item
3284 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical New London, Connecticut
2375 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical New Orleans, Louisiana
2166 Cultural Issues Progress New replacing old
3075 Aesthetics Allusion, Biblical New Testament Book of Revelation
3888 Cultural Issues Gender New Woman
1503 Environment Time of Year New Year
2445 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical New York
726 Actions Verbal News
667 Cultural Issues Mass Media Newspaper
1146 Actions Communication Newspaper article
2175 Actions Communication Newspaper columns and notices

For references to items in newspapers that aren't exactly news articles - "agony advice columns," for instance (in "Miss Zilpha Gant"), or obituaries, or similar items. JBP
3770 Cultural Issues Mass Media Newspaper comics / funny paper
4874 Environment Place Newspaper office
1709 Themes and Motifs Texts Newspapers
5426 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Newton, Isaac
3352 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Niagara Falls
4495 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Nicaragua
3503 Themes and Motifs Money Nickel coin
580 Themes and Motifs Naming Nickname
3197 Themes and Motifs Naming Nicknames
917 Environment Atmospheric Night
687 Environment Time of Day Night
2564 Actions Work Night watchman
2268 Cultural Issues Clothes Nightgown
2499 Actions Mental Nightmare
2969 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Nihilism
5639 Environment Time of Day Nine o'clock a.m.
4184 Environment Time of Day Nine o'clock p.m.
1907 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Niobe

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