Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parentsort descending Term Description
4507 Aesthetics Description Color maroon
4508 Aesthetics Description Color purple
5243 Aesthetics Description Grotesque
1347 Themes and Motifs Determinism Lack of choice
2532 Themes and Motifs Determinism Fated

Created to describe a situation that seems meant to be, as when Susan Reed seems destined for Hawkshaw's barbershop in "Hair." --LW & BR
4741 Themes and Motifs Determinism And an animal
4878 Themes and Motifs Determinism Genetic
4892 Themes and Motifs Determinism Vs human agency
5114 Themes and Motifs Determinism Gendered
622 Aesthetics Diction Western vernacular
690 Aesthetics Diction African American vernacular dialect
705 Aesthetics Diction Racist term
740 Aesthetics Diction Accent
849 Aesthetics Diction Double entendre
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
979 Aesthetics Diction Rural vernacular
1605 Aesthetics Diction Hill dialect
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
1804 Aesthetics Diction Imitation

When a character imitates or approximates the dialect of another, whose dialect they themselves do not use. BR
3305 Aesthetics Diction Misogynistic wording
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
3871 Aesthetics Diction Southern dialect
3927 Aesthetics Diction Ethnic slur
4034 Aesthetics Diction Malapropism
4899 Aesthetics Diction Northern dialect
5311 Aesthetics Diction Stereotypical Jewish accent

Whenever the text imitates a Jewish accent. JHB
5624 Aesthetics Diction Derogatory socio-economic term
1111 Actions Domestic Camping
1125 Actions Domestic Cooking
1189 Actions Domestic Washing
1205 Actions Domestic Cleaning
1206 Actions Domestic Nursing
1207 Actions Domestic Milking
1209 Actions Domestic Child care
1213 Actions Domestic Sewing
1236 Actions Domestic Feeding
1515 Actions Domestic Polish
1644 Actions Domestic Teaching
1770 Actions Domestic Knitting
1916 Actions Domestic Discipline
1951 Actions Domestic Housekeeping
2132 Actions Domestic Food preparation
2292 Actions Domestic Packing
2495 Actions Domestic Setting the table
2496 Actions Domestic Making a bed
2501 Actions Domestic Care
4336 Actions Domestic Child-rearing
5134 Actions Domestic Mending
5649 Actions Domestic Making coffee
525 Environment Domestic Space Architecture
578 Environment Domestic Space Kitchen
654 Environment Domestic Space Gender stereotype
688 Environment Domestic Space Supper table
748 Environment Domestic Space Plantation house
770 Environment Domestic Space Veranda
778 Environment Domestic Space Bedroom
789 Environment Domestic Space Library
831 Environment Domestic Space Attic
832 Environment Domestic Space Home
920 Environment Domestic Space Porch
977 Environment Domestic Space Dining room
984 Environment Domestic Space Racial confusion
994 Environment Domestic Space Race
1008 Environment Domestic Space Backyard
1019 Environment Domestic Space Gate
1020 Environment Domestic Space Stable
1025 Environment Domestic Space Yard
1181 Environment Domestic Space Log house
1371 Environment Domestic Space Boarding house
1403 Environment Domestic Space Cabin
1461 Environment Domestic Space Upstairs
1462 Environment Domestic Space Outhouse
1472 Environment Domestic Space Gallery
1474 Environment Domestic Space Summer house
1475 Environment Domestic Space Garden
1476 Environment Domestic Space Hall
1488 Environment Domestic Space Lot
1501 Environment Domestic Space Hearth
1506 Environment Domestic Space Drive
1512 Environment Domestic Space Pasture
1514 Environment Domestic Space Parlor
1796 Environment Domestic Space Dilapidation
1918 Environment Domestic Space Deathbed
1987 Environment Domestic Space Sitting room
2124 Environment Domestic Space Confined living quarters

Refers to when a text draws attention to the relative smallness or confined nature of where a character resides - a "single room twelve feet square," for example. -JBP
2281 Environment Domestic Space Garage

Any structure used for the storage of a motor vehicle. In The Reivers this is continuously referred to as the "carriage house", but since it is now an automobile that it houses, I am calling it a garage. This might be more useful for scholars than carriage house. JB
2351 Environment Domestic Space Carriage house
2548 Environment Domestic Space Loft
2560 Environment Domestic Space Bathroom
2610 Environment Domestic Space Stairway
2760 Environment Domestic Space Log yard
2814 Environment Domestic Space Lean-to
2822 Environment Domestic Space Barn
2875 Environment Domestic Space Servants' home

For when a text draws attention to the home of a servant (not necessarily a slave quarter) - the servants' homes in "The Sound and the Fury," for instance, or maybe in "The Unvanquished." -JBP
2919 Environment Domestic Space Cellar
2935 Environment Domestic Space Ladies parlor
2949 Environment Domestic Space Office
2984 Environment Domestic Space Apartment
3110 Environment Domestic Space Dressing room
3150 Environment Domestic Space Empty room

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