Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
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Description |
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335 | Environment | (First level term) | Olfactory | |
2201 | Environment | Olfactory | Old woman smell |
For when Faulkner texts make explicit reference to the smell of elderly (old) women - "faint odor of old maidens" in "Go Down, Moses," the "rank smell of female old flesh" in "Absalom," etc. (Question: Does Faulkner ever reference the smell of old MEN?) JBP |
1567 | Cultural Issues | Nationality | Old vs New World | |
3003 | Cultural Issues | Identity, Personal | Old vs new selves | |
3862 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Old Testament Book Song of Songs | |
3712 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Old Testament Book of Psalms | |
3866 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Old Testament Book of Proverbs | |
3567 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Old Testament Book of Isaiah | |
4959 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Old Testament | |
5299 | Cultural Issues | History | Old South and start of the war | |
3240 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Old Point Comfort, Virginia | |
4097 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Old maid | |
4943 | Environment | Place | Old Jefferson | |
5041 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Old Frenchman's arrival | |
1627 | Themes and Motifs | Past | Old days | |
1671 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Old days | |
5024 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Old Bayard's death | |
2860 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Old Bailey | |
4341 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Old Bailey | |
1617 | Cultural Issues | Age | Old age | |
4914 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Oklahoma | |
4944 | Environment | Place | Okatoba | |
3812 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Oil business | |
5433 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Ohio | |
3974 | Aesthetics | Language | Oh Oh Oh Oh | |
1904 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Ogre | |
3058 | Environment | Place | Official office | |
2949 | Environment | Domestic Space | Office | |
5015 | Actions | Work | Office | |
942 | Environment | Place | Office | |
3048 | Actions | Economic | Offering to sell | |
3366 | Actions | Economic | Offering to buy | |
3926 | Cultural Issues | Ethnicity | Offensive terminology | |
5352 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Of parent | |
3117 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Of loved one | |
2653 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Odor | |
2731 | Environment | Time of Year | October | |
4035 | Actions | Legal | Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | |
1333 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Obsession | |
4191 | Actions | Perceptual | Observing | |
2256 | Relationships | Intergenerational | Obligation | |
2377 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Objet d'art | |
461 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Objects | |
2918 | Actions | Physical | Obeying / obedience | |
1463 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Obesity | |
4081 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Oars | |
677 | Actions | Emotional | Nurturing | |
1378 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Nursing | |
1206 | Actions | Domestic | Nursing | |
3538 | Aesthetics | Style | Numerous adjectives | |
5585 | Actions | Emotional | Numbness | |
4877 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Numbers | |
5005 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Nudity | |
1608 | Environment | Time of Year | November | |
3092 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Novel | |
5259 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Notice | |
1332 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Nothingness | |
4218 | Themes and Motifs | Futility | Nothing to do |
"There's nothing else I can do now," Elly thinks (207). Reaching a point where no further options or ways forward can be imagined. |
5126 | Actions | Communication | Note | |
4668 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Note | |
4884 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Not remember | |
2871 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Not knowing person or thing's name |
For occasions when a narrative draws attention to a character forgetting or not knowing the word or name of someone or something - Benjy being raised not to know his mother's name in Sound and Fury, for instance, or when Joe Christmas can't think at first of what it is he is eating until he remembers "It's peas." -JBP |
4295 | Cultural Issues | Prejudice | Not caring about race | |
746 | Aesthetics | Tone | Nostalgic | |
301 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Nostalgia |
When black characters, especially ones who had been enslaved, seem nostalgic for the institution of slavery. Simon in Flags in the Dust is probably the most obvious instance of this. SR |
2118 | Actions | Emotional | Nostalgia | |
1363 | Actions | Perceptual | Nosiness | |
2100 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Nose | |
2952 | Cultural Issues | Identity, Cultural | Northerner | |
4899 | Aesthetics | Diction | Northern dialect | |
1896 | Cultural Issues | Cultural Identity | North vs South | |
4128 | Cultural Issues | Migration | North | |
1582 | Cultural Issues | Region | North | |
747 | Environment | Time of Day | Noon | |
3072 | Actions | Physical | Nonverbal taunting or teasing | |
4197 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Nondescript | |
3432 | Cultural Issues | War | Noncombatant | |
4173 | Actions | Communication | Non-human |
To capture when an animal "talks" - for example, when the narrator of "Race at Morning" says the lead dog Eagle "said, 'There he goes'" when he saw the deer. Here the narrator translates the dog's baying into words, but that isn't necessary with this term. It's for when communication occurs between species, probably always between an animal and a person. SR |
459 | Actions | (First level term) | Non-human | |
2856 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Noisiness | |
3963 | Actions | Physical | Nodding | |
3300 | Cultural Issues | Class | noblesse-oblige | |
2011 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Noblesse oblige |
Any time of social contract that is maintained that relies on implied class differences. The term is a bit murky, but Faulkner refers to it explicitly and implicitly on a number of occasions. The agreement between Maury Priest and John Powell, and the remission of Miss Emily's taxes are examples. JB |
2163 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Noah/flood | |
4154 | Aesthetics | Language | no no | |
1907 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Niobe | |
4184 | Environment | Time of Day | Nine o'clock p.m. | |
5639 | Environment | Time of Day | Nine o'clock a.m. | |
2969 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Nihilism | |
2499 | Actions | Mental | Nightmare | |
2268 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Nightgown | |
2564 | Actions | Work | Night watchman | |
917 | Environment | Atmospheric | Night | |
687 | Environment | Time of Day | Night | |
3197 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Nicknames | |
580 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Nickname | |
3503 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Nickel coin | |
4495 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Nicaragua | |
3352 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Niagara Falls | |
5426 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Newton, Isaac |