Keywords
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Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
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2086 | Actions | Emotional | Respect | |
2085 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Present-time reference |
For when a character switches from past-tense narration (about past events) to refer to the present time and/or how he/she feels "now." -JBP |
2084 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Flowers | |
2083 | Themes and Motifs | Community | Posse | |
2082 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Animal bear | |
2081 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Reported narration |
For when a character reports what some other character has told him/her about something that has happened - typically for things that the narrator was not present to see in person. -JBP |
2080 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Power | |
2079 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | John L. Sullivan | |
2078 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Confrontation | |
2077 | Actions | Hunting | Injury |
Added for when hunters (or hunting dogs) are injured while hunting -- as Boon (and Lion) are. -JBP |
2076 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Tarpaulin | |
2075 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Portmanteau | |
2074 | Actions | Play | Card playing |
Added for moments when it is unclear if (a) the game is poker, or (b) if gambling is occurring. -JBP |
2073 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Animal Dog | |
2072 | Actions | Violent | Killing of animals |
This was added to refer to violence related to the killing of animals, either by humans or by other animals. (Some overlap, perhaps, with Animal predatory behavior.) -JBP |
2071 | Environment | Natural | River | |
2070 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Boat | |
2069 | Environment | Time of Day | Daytime | |
2068 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Compass | |
2067 | Actions | Perceptual | Unknowable |
This term is intended to refer to when a character looks at but cannot fathom what a character (or animal) is thinking. (Keyed originally to refer to Lion in "Lion.") -JBP |
2066 | Actions | Bodily | Eating breakfast | |
2065 | Actions | Emotional | Intimidation | |
2064 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Driving gear | |
2063 | Environment | Olfactory | Gasoline | |
2062 | Actions | Movement | Crash | |
2061 | Actions | Work | Mechanic | |
2060 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Electrification | |
2059 | Cultural Issues | Materialism | Status |
Any material acquisition that signifies a marker of status. Lucius Priest buying an automobile because Colonel Sartoris had one. J. Burgers. |
2058 | Relationships | Familial | Clan | |
2057 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Moses | |
2056 | Actions | Work | Banking | |
2055 | Actions | Work | Livery stable | |
2054 | Cultural Issues | Hunting and Fishing | Marksmanship | |
2053 | Actions | Hunting | Guiding | |
2052 | Relationships | Interspecies | Man-mule | |
2051 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Future | |
2050 | Environment | Place | Mars | |
2049 | Environment | Place | Moon | |
2048 | Actions | Movement | Truck | |
2047 | Cultural Issues | Modernity | Changing customs | |
2046 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Logging | |
2045 | Environment | Time of Year | Hunting season | |
2044 | Environment | Place | River-bottom | |
2043 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Wolf | |
2042 | Cultural Issues | Race | Genealogy |
Any time a character's possible racial ancestries is germane to the text. J. Burgers |
2041 | Relationships | Ancestral | Parent's great-grandparent | |
2040 | Environment | Time of Year | Friday | |
2039 | Environment | Public | Street | |
2038 | Cultural Issues | Law | Informal arrangement |
Whenever there is an arrangement between two or multiple parties that is not strictly legal, but is adhered to as law. For example, Judge Steven's arrangement with Maury Priest over the actions of Ludus and Boon in the Reivers. This won't hold up in a court of law, but is adhered to by both parties. J. Burgers |
2037 | Environment | Place | Medical practice |
Any place where "doctoring" is practiced whether that is formal, as with Peabody, or more informal. JB |
2036 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Oxen | |
2035 | Cultural Issues | Government | Uncle Sam | |
2034 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Chandlier | |
2033 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Greeting | |
2032 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Electricity | |
2031 | Actions | Emotional | Amazement | |
2030 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Solitude | |
2029 | Actions | Emotional | Patience | |
2028 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Footprint | |
2027 | Environment | Place | Smokehouse | |
2026 | Environment | Place | Slave Quarters | |
2025 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Vanity | |
2024 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Ruthless | |
2023 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Dream | |
2022 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Artist | |
2021 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Windows | |
2020 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Forbearance | |
2019 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Nakedness | |
2018 | Environment | Atmospheric | Crowded | |
2017 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | All caps | |
2016 | Environment | Place | Pond | |
2015 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Reconstructed | |
2014 | Environment | Public | Alley | |
2013 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Continuity |
Any time the past is consonant with the present, or a tradition is passed on. For example, the Hampton's being Sheriffs is a historical continuity. JB |
2012 | Environment | Place | Lot | |
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 |
2010 | Environment | Place | Livery stable | |
2009 | Cultural Issues | Class | Homelessness | |
2008 | Actions | Work | Driving |
When someone is driving people around for a living. JB |
2007 | Cultural Issues | Class | Declasse |
Whenever a character has suffered a loss of social status, in particular those characters formerly connected with the prominent families of Jefferson. For example, Dan Grinnup who is Louis Grenier's family. J. Burgers |
2006 | Actions | Emotional | Theatricality | |
2005 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Green eyeshade | |
2004 | Environment | Place | Poorhouse | |
2003 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Teeth | |
2002 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Hat | |
2001 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Waistcoat | |
2000 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Frock coat | |
1999 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Loot | |
1998 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Deed | |
1997 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Gold | |
1996 | Actions | Mental | Inquiry | |
1995 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Running out | |
1994 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Determination | |
1993 | Environment | Place | Hotel | |
1992 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Saddlebag | |
1991 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Clay | |
1990 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Ancient Greek Chorus | |
1989 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Revision | |
1988 | Environment | Auditory | Bells | |
1987 | Environment | Domestic Space | Sitting room |