Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parentsort ascending Term Description
1650 Aesthetics Narrative Self-Reflective
2212 Aesthetics Narrative Stream of consciousness narration
2315 Aesthetics Narrative Summary
5270 Aesthetics Narrative Suspended|Resumed
4107 Aesthetics Narrative Suspense
4445 Aesthetics Narrative Temporal discontinuity

When narrative relates events in achronological order, i.e. event3 followed by event1 followed by event2, etc. Cf. opening paragraph of Sanctuary. SR
668 Aesthetics Narrative Temporal projection

When the narrative gets ahead of itself, for example in "Race at Morning" Event 305.1 begins "Then we seen him for the first time," but that does not actually happen until two Events later, 305.3, "and then suddenly . . . the buck hisself" (305). It doesn't matter whether the narrative is looking forward a dozen sentences or a hundred pages, whenever it explicitly anticipates something that it won't actually depict until a later Event, it's "Temporal projection." SR
2982 Aesthetics Narrative Theatrical effect
4700 Aesthetics Narrative Under oath
4982 Aesthetics Narrative Unidentified character
2211 Aesthetics Narrative Unreliable narrator
1639 Aesthetics Narrative Withholding
1783 Themes and Motifs Naming Alias
3060 Themes and Motifs Naming And caste
5529 Themes and Motifs Naming As tribute
4951 Themes and Motifs Naming Brand name
2433 Themes and Motifs Naming Change over time
2684 Themes and Motifs Naming Child's name
4952 Themes and Motifs Naming Commercial origins
1210 Themes and Motifs Naming False name
3625 Themes and Motifs Naming French noble names
1832 Themes and Motifs Naming Importance of naming

When a character or narrator draws attention to a name - e.g., the narrator of "Lion" saying as "head bear," Old Ben "deserved a better name." JBP
846 Themes and Motifs Naming Indian name
3621 Themes and Motifs Naming Long name
1166 Themes and Motifs Naming Named for historical figure
580 Themes and Motifs Naming Nickname
3197 Themes and Motifs Naming Nicknames
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
1702 Themes and Motifs Naming Place name
2411 Themes and Motifs Naming Promotional
1417 Themes and Motifs Naming Renaming

When a character is given or takes a new name due to a change in their identity. BR
1550 Themes and Motifs Naming Using Indians as names
4123 Themes and Motifs Naming Wrong name
4263 Actions Movement Ambulance
5432 Actions Movement Aviation
4422 Actions Movement Bicycle
928 Actions Movement Boat
1200 Actions Movement Buggy
1390 Actions Movement Bus
5658 Actions Movement Canoe
499 Actions Movement Car
1246 Actions Movement Carriage
4344 Actions Movement Cart
1498 Actions Movement Chasing
1707 Actions Movement Constant
2062 Actions Movement Crash
1039 Actions Movement Crossing
3651 Actions Movement Direction east
1017 Actions Movement Driving
2542 Actions Movement Ferry
1913 Actions Movement Fetching
5080 Actions Movement Flat tire
553 Actions Movement Flight
841 Actions Movement Following
4220 Actions Movement Getting closer

When someone's thoughts during a journey are focused on the place they're heading for, either with excitement or dread or something in between. SR
1915 Actions Movement Hiding
5361 Actions Movement Hitch-hiking
1110 Actions Movement Horse
2723 Actions Movement Hot-air balloon
3339 Actions Movement Hurrying
3735 Actions Movement Interurban streetcar / trolley
3652 Actions Movement Limousine
1441 Actions Movement Limping
3489 Actions Movement Marching
3607 Actions Movement Matching / Paralleling
2701 Actions Movement Migration
1128 Actions Movement Mule
2541 Actions Movement Ox
4032 Actions Movement Procession
1941 Actions Movement Racing
1738 Actions Movement Random
834 Actions Movement Return
1230 Actions Movement Riding
1914 Actions Movement Running
1601 Actions Movement Running away
4347 Actions Movement Ship
2098 Actions Movement Sneaking
1917 Actions Movement Spitting
2517 Actions Movement Steamboat
4889 Actions Movement Stopping
2557 Actions Movement Streetcar
2550 Actions Movement Surrey
1749 Actions Movement Swimming
4654 Actions Movement Taxi
4793 Actions Movement Traffic
1763 Actions Movement Train
2048 Actions Movement Truck
497 Actions Movement Wagon
704 Actions Movement Walking
4832 Actions Movement Wrong direction
1320 Themes and Motifs Morals Chivalry
3809 Themes and Motifs Morals Dishonor
2408 Themes and Motifs Morals Faith
1924 Themes and Motifs Morals Honor
1398 Themes and Motifs Morals Hypocrisy
1245 Themes and Motifs Morals Injustice
1137 Themes and Motifs Morals Justice

When explicitly considered as a moral issue. JW
4660 Themes and Motifs Morals Loyalty
3722 Themes and Motifs Morals Morality
2186 Themes and Motifs Morals Protest

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