Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
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Description |
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4381 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Alabama Secession Convention | |
4195 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Alabama | |
4414 | Environment | Auditory | Airplane sound | |
4413 | Actions | Violent | Airplane crash | |
3252 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Airplane | |
5310 | Environment | Public | Airfield | |
3035 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Air travel | |
3214 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Air gun | |
5419 | Actions | Moral | Aiding and abetting | |
3470 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Ahenobarbus | |
4326 | Aesthetics | Language | Ah-h-h | |
1380 | Aesthetics | Language | Ah-Ah-Ah | |
4104 | Aesthetics | Language | Ah Ah Ah | |
4105 | Aesthetics | Language | ah ah ah | |
1087 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Agriculture | |
1082 | Actions | (First level term) | Agricultural | |
1635 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Agricultural | |
4033 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Agricultural | |
5606 | Cultural Issues | Age | Agelessness | |
464 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Age | |
2663 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Agamemnon | |
1022 | Environment | Time of Day | Afternoon | |
2232 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Afterlife | |
3521 | Aesthetics | Narrative | African-American folk sayings | |
626 | Themes and Motifs | Community | African-American | |
305 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | African origins | |
690 | Aesthetics | Diction | African American vernacular dialect | |
3798 | Themes and Motifs | Art | African American music | |
2347 | Cultural Issues | Religion | African American |
Religion with regard to either African-Americans or the African-American community. The particular example here is of Lucius Priest in the The Reivers who imagines a "Negro" sermonizing about a moral decision. R 61.8. JB |
2796 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Africa | |
4099 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Affirmation |
Similar to the keyword for negation, but for when a text vaguely affirms or says yes about something. (Cf. Quentin saying "we did" and "yes Yes Yes yes" on 148-49 of SF.) JBP |
5401 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Aesthetic experience | |
897 | Cultural Issues | War | Aerial combat | |
1793 | Cultural Issues | Mass Media | Advertising | |
3201 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Advertising | |
597 | Relationships | Social | Adversarial | |
517 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Advent | |
1355 | Relationships | Marital | Adultery | |
858 | Relationships | Sexual | Adultery | |
2892 | Relationships | Friendship | Adult-child | |
5349 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Adult-adolescent | |
2799 | Relationships | Friendship | Adult friends | |
5159 | Relationships | Familial | Adoptive | |
923 | Cultural Issues | Age | Adolescence | |
3370 | Actions | Communication | Addressing for mail delivery | |
5348 | Aesthetics | Style | Address to reader | |
1407 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Addiction | |
2695 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Adam | |
4062 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Adage | |
3629 | Environment | Olfactory | Acrid | |
548 | Cultural Issues | Law | Acquittal | |
2991 | Actions | Verbal | Accusatory | |
4419 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Accounts | |
1977 | Actions | Economic | Accounting |
This does not merely describe the specific actions of an accountant, but any formal or informal balancing of the books be it Flem Snopes, Maury Priest, or Will Varner. JB |
2562 | Actions | Work | Accident | |
1372 | Cultural Issues | Violence | Accident | |
1689 | Themes and Motifs | Chaos/Order | Accident | |
5171 | Actions | Mental | Accepting | |
740 | Aesthetics | Diction | Accent | |
3314 | Environment | Public | Academic quad / quadrangle | |
5089 | Cultural Issues | Education | Academia | |
625 | Relationships | Marital | Abusive | |
3374 | Cultural Issues | Law | Abuse of office | |
4074 | Aesthetics | Language | Abundance or flow of words |
For whenever a text makes a point of "words" (without necessarily listing specific ones) - generalizing about them. Added for when Quentin starts thinking about being "the words coming out" as he reflects on how could he be a virgin. JBP |
2604 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Absurdity | |
1386 | Aesthetics | Tone | Absurdist | |
4597 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Abstinence | |
358 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Absence/Loss | |
4512 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence of sound | |
5275 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as presence | |
1331 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as loss | |
617 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence as disguise |
This was created to note Flem Snopes' calculated absence during the horse auction, the way he has orchestrated it from behind the scene. I'm not sure this occurs with anyone but Flem, but it occurs multiple times in his case. SR |
1327 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Absence | |
2880 | Themes and Motifs | Time | Abrupt shift in time |
For when a narrative makes an abrupt or unexpected shift in time - as in Benjy's narrative in S&F. |
3451 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Abraham | |
3420 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Abortion | |
983 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Aboriginal | |
317 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Abolition | |
4089 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Abduction myths | |
905 | Cultural Issues | Government | Abdication | |
1354 | Relationships | Marital | Abandonment | |
910 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Abandonment | |
5077 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Ab's war wound | |
5632 | Aesthetics | Recurring Episodes | Ab Snopes at De Spain's house | |
302 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | AANoSecondTerm | |
5317 | Aesthetics | Language | Aaahhhhhhh | |
3442 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
5614 | Cultural Issues | History | 1860 Election of Lincoln | |
1202 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | "Wait" |
Spoken by a character to pause or slow down narration by another character so s/he can process the significance or take over the narration. The classic examples are from ABSALOM, but it's a signature verbal formula across Faulkner. JW |
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 |