Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
Term![]() |
Description |
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4982 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Unidentified character | |
891 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Uniform | |
737 | Cultural Issues | War | Union Army | |
1456 | Cultural Issues | War | Unity |
This keyword describes the way in which war calls upon disparate people to fight for the same ideal. The specific example this is based on is Southerners ultimately fighting in the United States army in later wars, but could also described the camaraderie between allied nations. Joost Burgers |
5381 | Cultural Issues | Education | University of Mississippi | |
2293 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | University of Mississippi | |
4293 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | University of Virginia | |
2067 | Actions | Perceptual | Unknowable |
This term is intended to refer to when a character looks at but cannot fathom what a character (or animal) is thinking. (Keyed originally to refer to Lion in "Lion.") -JBP |
4752 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Unknowable | |
3832 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Unnatural / Contrary to nature | |
2211 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Unreliable narrator | |
2947 | Relationships | Romantic | Unrequited | |
2104 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Unruliness | |
2983 | Environment | Auditory | Unseen voice | |
2428 | Actions | Communication | Unsent message | |
3107 | Aesthetics | Ambiguity | Unspecified shapes | |
1231 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Unspecified sickness | |
4294 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Unsynchronized clocks | |
4783 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Upliftment |
Whenever a member of the community takes it upon him or herself to "uplift" the rest of the members of the community, whether they want to be uplifted or not. The specific example is John Sartoris in The Unvanquished who has grand plans for the people of Jefferson (223). |
5342 | Cultural Issues | Race | Uppitiness | |
1461 | Environment | Domestic Space | Upstairs | |
873 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Upward mobility | |
4869 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Urban | |
4629 | Actions | Bodily | Urinating | |
2770 | Environment | Olfactory | Urine | |
1734 | Cultural Issues | Government | US Bureau of Indian Affairs | |
1733 | Cultural Issues | Government | US Post Office | |
4762 | Cultural Issues | Race | Using a Negro as messenger | |
1550 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Using Indians as names | |
1464 | Cultural Issues | Government | Usurpation | |
3239 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Utah Beach | |
1326 | Environment | Place | Vacant house | |
2125 | Environment | Place | Vacant lot | |
1747 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Vagrancy | |
5535 | Cultural Issues | Education | Valedictorian | |
5357 | Environment | Time of Year | Valentine's Day | |
5444 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Valhalla | |
5175 | Environment | Natural | Valley | |
3728 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Valley of the shadow of death | |
912 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Valor | |
395 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Values | |
2341 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Vampire | |
4323 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Van Dorn, Earl | |
4210 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Vanishing | |
1000 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Vanishing Indian | |
2025 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Vanity | |
2719 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Vardaman, James K. | |
3431 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Vase | |
4256 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Vegetation | |
1670 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Veil | |
943 | Actions | Violent | Vengeance | |
1277 | Actions | Emotional | Vengeful | |
3430 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Venice | |
5251 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Venus | |
770 | Environment | Domestic Space | Veranda | |
355 | Actions | (First level term) | Verbal | |
4170 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Vernacular | |
1744 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Vest | |
1279 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Vestal | |
5318 | Cultural Issues | War | Veterans |
This is a general marker for anything to do with veterans. The specific instance is the relationship between Jock and Captain Warren in "Death Drag." Although this is technically a "relationship" between veterans, the occurrence is so rare that it makes more sense to create a generic term. |
5544 | Cultural Issues | Government | Veterans Administration | |
1342 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Vicarious | |
1334 | Relationships | Marital | Vicarious wedding | |
3636 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Vicksburg | |
4813 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Vicksburg | |
1424 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Vigilantism |
This denotes moments where characters appoint themselves to punish a crime (real or imagined). BR |
2188 | Actions | Emotional | Vindictive | |
3966 | Environment | Natural | Vines | |
277 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Violence | |
4058 | Relationships | Marital | Violence | |
249 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Violence | |
3260 | Actions | Violent | Violence against animals | |
4828 | Cultural Issues | War | Violence against civilians | |
2848 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Violent | |
356 | Actions | (First level term) | Violent | |
3787 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Violent in figurative sense |
For when a text uses "violent" in a figurative sense for things not actually violent -- violent fecundity, for instance, or "cheap violent blues" of someone's clothing. JBP |
4494 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Virgil | |
2993 | Cultural Issues | Education | Virginia | |
4560 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Virginia | |
1884 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Virginity | |
2296 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Virtue | |
5498 | Themes and Motifs | Supernatural | Vision | |
4406 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Visit | |
1539 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Visiting | |
4986 | Actions | Mental | Visualize | |
3417 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Vitality | |
2598 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Voice | |
1886 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Voice | |
1800 | Environment | Auditory | Voices | |
4729 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Voltaire | |
1293 | Actions | Bodily | Vomiting | |
4354 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Voodoo | |
4780 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Voter fraud | |
2754 | Relationships | Civic | Voting | |
716 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Voting | |
2524 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Voting | |
2525 | Cultural Issues | Government | Voting rights | |
2519 | Actions | Verbal | Vowing | |
3087 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Voyeurism | |
552 | Actions | Perceptual | Voyeurism |