Keywords
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Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
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2271 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Movement | |
2270 | Aesthetics | Description | Animate/Inanimate | |
2269 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Fish | |
2268 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Nightgown | |
2267 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Labor | |
2266 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Comforter | |
2265 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Burial | |
2264 | Actions | Emotional | Passivity | |
2263 | Actions | Mental | Fatalism | |
2262 | Environment | Public | Store porch | |
2261 | Actions | Moral | Exploitation | |
2260 | Actions | Agricultural | Cotton picking | |
2259 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Male gathering |
Added "Male gathering" to capture those moments where men gather in public spaces, like porches, stores, and on the street.--LW |
2258 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Opportunism | |
2257 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Deathbed | |
2256 | Relationships | Intergenerational | Obligation | |
2255 | Actions | Verbal | Persuasion | |
2254 | Actions | Moral | Rationalization | |
2253 | Environment | Olfactory | Trees | |
2252 | Environment | Natural | Trees | |
2251 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Pigs | |
2250 | Actions | Physical | Crawling | |
2249 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Magnet | |
2248 | Relationships | Interracial | Boss-employee | |
2247 | Cultural Issues | Labor | Industrial | |
2246 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Juno | |
2245 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Recurring event, intertextual |
When Faulkner in one text refers to or re-writes an event that also occurs in other text(s), for example the account of Miss Quentin climbing down the pear tree (in The Sound and the Fury) or the rain pipe (as the same event has it in the "Appendix" and The Mansion. SR |
2244 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Recurring event, intratextual |
When Faulkner refers to or re-writes an event more than once inside a single text, for example the four references to Caddy's muddy drawers in Benjy and Quentin's sections of The Sound and the Fury. SR |
2242 | Cultural Issues | Migration | Movement to city |
This keyword refers to references or descriptions of characters who move from a less urban to a more urban environment, and is equally appropriate when someone moves from Frenchman's Bend to Jefferson and when someone from Jefferson moves to Memphis or New York. SR |
2241 | Cultural Issues | Migration | Intraregional migration |
This keyword is for characters who move out of Yoknapatawpha to another place inside the South - the "South" being defined in this instance as the former slave-holding states, including the 3 (Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland) that did not secede from the Union. The most typical instance of intraregional migration involves black characters who move to Memphis, like Versh in The Sound and the Fury. SR Also it can be used for characters who move into Yoknapatawpha from another place in the South. CR and JJ |
2240 | Environment | Olfactory | Smelling death | |
2239 | Cultural Issues | Entertainment | Football | |
2238 | Relationships | Commercial | Boss-underling | |
2237 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Collective memory | |
2236 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Anchovies | |
2235 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Recklessness | |
2234 | Environment | Atmospheric | Spectral | |
2233 | Environment | Place | Railroad | |
2232 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Afterlife | |
2231 | Actions | Economic | Frugality | |
2230 | Aesthetics | Language | Hymn | |
2229 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Murder | |
2228 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Wine | |
2227 | Actions | Emotional | Exhaustion | |
2226 | Cultural Issues | History | Carpetbaggers | |
2225 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Boots | |
2224 | Environment | Weather | Warmth | |
2223 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Scruffiness | |
2222 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Animals compared to people | |
2221 | Environment | Natural | Stars | |
2220 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Nail | |
2219 | Actions | Mental | Misunderstanding | |
2218 | Actions | Emotional | Moaning | |
2217 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Stolen | |
2216 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Lost | |
2215 | Environment | Public | Golf course | |
2214 | Relationships | Hierarchical | Caretaker-mentally challenged person | |
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 |
2212 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Stream of consciousness narration | |
2211 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Unreliable narrator | |
2210 | Cultural Issues | Food | Birthday cake | |
2209 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Birthday | |
2208 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Flag | |
2207 | Actions | Mental | Impairment | |
2206 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Learning disability | |
2205 | Actions | Play | Sports Golf | |
2204 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Confederate monument | |
2203 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Negro spirituals | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
2199 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Funeral arrangements | |
2198 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Candelabra | |
2197 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Porcelain | |
2196 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Damask | |
2195 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Propriety | |
2194 | Actions | Bodily | Playing music | |
2193 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Piano | |
2192 | Actions | Play | Children playing | |
2191 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Greek tragedy | |
2190 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Clytemnestra | |
2189 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Dragon's teeth | |
2188 | Actions | Emotional | Vindictive | |
2187 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Bluebeard | |
2186 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Protest | |
2185 | Environment | Atmospheric | Claustrophobic | |
2184 | Actions | Emotional | Hate | |
2183 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Destiny | |
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 |
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 |
2180 | Actions | Bodily | Waking | |
2179 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Poisoning | |
2178 | Actions | Bodily | Bathing and/or personal hygiene | |
2177 | Actions | Mental | Imagining | |
2176 | Actions | Perceptual | Reading / Researching | |
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 |
2174 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Conception/Conceiving a child | |
2173 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Mary | |
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 |
2171 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Ball/dance |