Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
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2129 | Environment | Auditory | Bugle | |
2130 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Metonym | |
2131 | Actions | Physical | Dancing | |
2132 | Actions | Domestic | Food preparation | |
2133 | Cultural Issues | War | Displacement | |
2134 | Cultural Issues | War | Demotion | |
2135 | Environment | Olfactory | Bad smell | |
2136 | Actions | Interaction, Private | Seeking approval | |
2137 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Challenge |
When characters actively set themselves at odds with a religious deity or institution, such as when Jewel in AILD gripes, "if there is a God what the hell is He for." EP |
2138 | Cultural Issues | Violence | Imagined | |
2139 | Environment | Place | Power Plant | |
2140 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Scientific |
To be used for figures of speech drawn from science (for example, references to osmosis, astronomy, or Darwinian evolution) - CR |
2141 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Bathing suit | |
2142 | Cultural Issues | War | Spanish American War | |
2143 | Cultural Issues | Education | West Point | |
2144 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Cuba | |
2145 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Scar | |
2146 | Actions | Mental | Skepticism | |
2147 | Actions | Interaction, Private | Parenting | |
2148 | Actions | Interaction, Private | Domineering | |
2149 | Actions | Bodily | Healing | |
2150 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Stove | |
2151 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Dolls | |
2152 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Refund | |
2153 | Environment | Weather | Mild | |
2154 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Puberty |
For when a text makes reference (perhaps implicitly) to puberty and/or sexual maturing. It was added for the moment in "Miss Zilphia Gant" when her mother makes her get naked and examines her body each month when she turns 13. |
2155 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Learning about |
This admittedly clumsy term is for when a narrative deals with a character being told or otherwise learning about sexual matters. (The specific impetus for its creation is in "Miss Zilphia Gant" when her mother starts strip searching her at age 13 and begins telling her "what her father had done and what she had done.") JBP |
2156 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Military terminology | |
2157 | Environment | Place | Lonelier parts of town |
Term for when a text makes reference to parts of town with fewer people or streets -- outskirts, edge of town, "less frequented" (as in "Miss Zilphia Gant"), and so forth. JBP |
2158 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Long passage of time |
Perhaps self-evident, but for when a text makes a huge jump in time very quickly -- Zilphia Gant sitting beside the window "for twelve years," for instance. JBP |
2159 | Actions | Physical | Intrusion | |
2160 | Actions | Work | Painting|Drawing | |
2161 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Eyeglasses | |
2162 | Actions | Physical | Freeing | |
2163 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Noah/flood | |
2164 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Caesar, Julius | |
2165 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Crusades | |
2166 | Cultural Issues | Progress | New replacing old | |
2167 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Chicago | |
2168 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Monroe, Marilyn | |
2169 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Harlow, Jean | |
2170 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Grable, Betty | |
2171 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Ball/dance | |
2172 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Faithfulness |
Faithfulness as a general virtue, synonymous with fidelity and/or loyalty (unless others think those merit a separate keyword entry). Wasn't sure if this should go here or go also or instead under Actions > Emotions. JBP |
2173 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Mary | |
2174 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Conception/Conceiving a child | |
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 |
2176 | Actions | Perceptual | Reading / Researching | |
2177 | Actions | Mental | Imagining | |
2178 | Actions | Bodily | Bathing and/or personal hygiene | |
2179 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Poisoning | |
2180 | Actions | Bodily | Waking | |
2181 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Precognition / Something to happen |
For when a character precognitively senses or says that "something" is going to happen to him/her - e.g., Joe Christmas, Miss Zilphia Gant. JBP |
2182 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Quotation as thought |
For when a text says a character "thinks" or "thought" something - often as a passage in quotation marks but also sometimes in italics. In those cases, perhaps the "Italics" keyword should also be applied. JBP |
2183 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Destiny | |
2184 | Actions | Emotional | Hate | |
2185 | Environment | Atmospheric | Claustrophobic | |
2186 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Protest | |
2187 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Bluebeard | |
2188 | Actions | Emotional | Vindictive | |
2189 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Dragon's teeth | |
2190 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Clytemnestra | |
2191 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Greek tragedy | |
2192 | Actions | Play | Children playing | |
2193 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Piano | |
2194 | Actions | Bodily | Playing music | |
2195 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Propriety | |
2196 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Damask | |
2197 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Porcelain | |
2198 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Candelabra | |
2199 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Funeral arrangements | |
2200 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Collecting money |
Added for when Gavin Stevens raises money to pay for the funeral in "Go Down, Moses"; can be used for anytime characters take a collection or otherwise raise money for some cause. JBP |
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 |
2202 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Legacy after emancipation |
Refers to when a text alludes to the legacy of slavery years (or decades) after the end of slavery. It was created to tag the references to "sold my Benjamin" in "Go Down, Moses" - a story whose very title alludes to slavery. JBP |
2203 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Negro spirituals | |
2204 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Confederate monument | |
2205 | Actions | Play | Sports Golf | |
2206 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Learning disability | |
2207 | Actions | Mental | Impairment | |
2208 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Flag | |
2209 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Birthday | |
2210 | Cultural Issues | Food | Birthday cake | |
2211 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Unreliable narrator | |
2212 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Stream of consciousness narration | |
2213 | Cultural Issues | Entertainment | Traveling show |
Any kind of traveling show - the show in "The Sound and the Fury," for instance, or the circus in "Light in August." JBP |
2214 | Relationships | Hierarchical | Caretaker-mentally challenged person | |
2215 | Environment | Public | Golf course | |
2216 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Lost | |
2217 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Stolen | |
2218 | Actions | Emotional | Moaning | |
2219 | Actions | Mental | Misunderstanding | |
2220 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Nail | |
2221 | Environment | Natural | Stars | |
2222 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Animals compared to people | |
2223 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Scruffiness | |
2224 | Environment | Weather | Warmth | |
2225 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Boots | |
2226 | Cultural Issues | History | Carpetbaggers | |
2227 | Actions | Emotional | Exhaustion | |
2228 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Wine |