Themes and Motifs: Story-telling

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"A Bear Hunt", 63 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Rural sales
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Narrative›Frame
"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom | Place›Indian mound
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Aboriginal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Narrative›Anticipation
"A Bear Hunt", 65 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Place›Indian mound
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Government | Group Mentality›Communal story | History›Civil War | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Deracination | Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Appearance›Diminishment / fading | Community›Local legends | Naming›Renaming | Past | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Place | Texts›Novel
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Sherman, William Tecumseh | Figures of Speech›Bestial imagery | Narrative›Background | Narrative›Child's perspective
"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Grayness | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Domestic›Camping | Mental›Contemplation | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray
"A Bear Hunt", 66 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Hunting and Fishing
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Dogs | Arrivals/Departures›Return | Body›Face | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Diction›Southern dialect | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Narrative shift | Tone›Humorous
"A Bear Hunt", 78 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Moral›Deception | Moral›Scheming | Play›Prank | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Revenue officer
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"A Courtship", 369 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Visiting
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Old days
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"A Courtship", 370 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Male rivalry
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homoerotic | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 373 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Competition | Movement›Running
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage | Gender›Male rivalry | Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Old days | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white | Social›Homosocial rivalry
"A Courtship", 378 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Surprise | Movement›Horse | Movement›Running | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
"A Courtship", 380 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days
Aesthetics: Narrative›Cyclical | Narrative›Frame
"A Name for the City", 200 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | History›Founding fathers
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Old days
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Jackson, Andrew | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Typography/Orthography›Italics
"A Name for the City", 201 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Harpe | Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Cotton farming | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 202 (Event)
Environment: Place›Frontier
Actions: Movement›Random
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Padlock | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"A Name for the City", 204 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age›Growing old | Government›Right of secession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Social›Incarcerating
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story | Identity, Personal›On frontier | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Name for the City", 206 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Slavery
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Name for the City", 208 (Event)
Environment: Place›Wilderness-civilized boundary | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Interaction, Social›Civic discussion
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›America and opportunity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence as loss | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"A Rose for Emily", 120 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Age | Class›Respectability | Gender
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
"Barn Burning", 19 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Creek | Place›Country store | Public›Blacksmith
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Economic›Auction | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Whispering | Work›Blacksmith
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
"By the People", 137 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Point-of-view | Meaning›Mystery | Story-telling›Explaining
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery | Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Withholding | Tone›Humorous
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
"By the People", 138 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Race›Ku Klux Klan
Themes and Motifs: Character›Scoundrel | Story-telling›Explaining
"Gold Is Not Always", 227 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Persuasion
Cultural Issues: Law›Evidence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology
"Gold Is Not Always", 228 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Retelling
"Knight's Gambit", 245 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual
"Knight's Gambit", 255 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Letter
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative
"Knight's Gambit", 256 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Indecision | Verbal›Message
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Collaborative | Texts›Newspapers
"Knight's Gambit", 257 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Age›Youth vs age
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Awareness of time
"Monk", 41 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental limitations
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Power of literature | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Metafictional | Narrative›First-person passim
"Monk", 48 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
"Pantaloon in Black", 252 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Narrative›Disruption
"Pantaloon in Black", 253 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
"Pantaloon in Black", 255 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Interaction
"Red Leaves", 317 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Pregnancy | Movement›Boat | Play›Gambling
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Ambitious | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Values›Honor
Relationships: Friendship | Sexual
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"
"Smoke", 17 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
"Smoke", 22 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Confession
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
"That Evening Sun", 302 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
"The Bear", 281 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Mental›Remembering | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Peas | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Aloneness | Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Bear | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Animals›Pigs | Futility›Inability | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Objects›Ax | Objects›Saw | Recurring Tropes›Apotheosis | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Priam | Figures of Speech›Animals compared to objects | Figures of Speech›Train / locomotive imagery
"The Bear", 292 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Place›Plantation
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Trophy
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Insects tick | Objects›Gun | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
"The Bear", 293 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Office | Natural›Wilderness | Natural›Woods | Place›Plantation
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Gender›All-male space | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interracial›Master-servant
"The Old People", 201 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Running | Emotional›Anxiety | Hunting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | Ritual›Initiation | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Story-telling
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Blood
"The Old People", 203 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Pre-dawn | Time of Year›Spring
Actions: Hunting›Turkey hunting | Verbal›Listen
Cultural Issues: Race›Chickasaw | Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Vanishing Indian | Animals›Turkey | Past›Old days | Story-telling
Relationships: Ancestral
"Tomorrow", 102 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Porch | Place›Frenchman's Bend | Public›Store | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Law›Hung jury
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cicadas | Animals›Lightning bugs | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Suffering | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Simile
"Tomorrow", 89 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
Absalom, Absalom!, 134 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 139 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fixation | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation
Absalom, Absalom!, 143 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Narrative›Summary | Tone›Ironic | Tone›Shift
Absalom, Absalom!, 150 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Absalom, Absalom!, 152 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Quail hunting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Figures of Speech›Monument | Narrative›Parentheses
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Absalom, Absalom!, 177 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Interpretation
Absalom, Absalom!, 179 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Absalom, Absalom!, 193 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 194 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 197 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 198 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Recurring Tropes›Destiny | Story-telling
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery
Absalom, Absalom!, 198 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Audience response
Absalom, Absalom!, 199 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Design | Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Language›French
Absalom, Absalom!, 201 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Detachment | Emotional›Fear
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Revolt | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling | Time›Being in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Gaps
Absalom, Absalom!, 203 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Gestures
Absalom, Absalom!, 206 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Deadpan
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Absalom, Absalom!, 208 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Education›College
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi River | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Djinn | Metafictional›Signs
Absalom, Absalom!, 214 (Event)
Actions: Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 222 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Past›Repetition | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 224 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Shakespeare, William | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Narrative›Collaborative narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 234 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Absalom, Absalom!, 243 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Time of Day›Midnight | Weather›Snow
Actions: Perceptual›Looking
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Creation | Recurring Tropes›Gaze | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Shades | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Metafictional›Signs
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Horse
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Metafictional›Merging history and fiction | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Interaction, Social›Celebration | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Big house vs quarters
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 267 (Event)
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Movement›Steamboat
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss | Home›Estranged | Story-telling›Collaborative
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Actions: Bodily›Laughing
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Drawing room
Actions: Bodily›Sitting
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Simultaneity of time
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 269 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Mental›Discovery
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Absalom, Absalom!, 27 (Event)
Environment: Place›Plantation
Actions: Perceptual›Watching | Work›Building structure
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype | Slavery›Imported | Slavery›Labor
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Nakedness | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Objects›Pistol | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Shadow
Absalom, Absalom!, 279 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Fear | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Terror | Verbal›Warning | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Race
Themes and Motifs: Death›Corpse | Objects›Photograph | Recurring Tropes›Mausoleum | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Haunted house
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Narrative›Narrative shift
Absalom, Absalom!, 280 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Camp-fire smoke
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling | Time›Simultaneity of time
Absalom, Absalom!, 299 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Story-telling
Absalom, Absalom!, 301 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Verbal›Howling | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Trauma | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 4 (Event)
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Dialogue
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity | Region›The South | Slavery›Labor | Violence
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 5 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance | Memory | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Interpretation | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Conflict
Absalom, Absalom!, 8 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Gloom
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Mental›Envisioning | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph | Story-telling | Supernatural›Ghost
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Allusion, Mythical›Demon | Allusion, Mythical›Niobe | Allusion, Mythical›Ogre | Figures of Speech›Voice | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Typography/Orthography›Italics
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Physical›Meddling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Pride | Death›Dying wish | Philosophical›Human nature | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 114 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues: Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Persuasion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Burial | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Figures of Speech›Eyes
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Perceptual›Overhearing | Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
As I Lay Dying, 115 (Event)
Environment: Place›Barn | Time of Day›Supper | Weather›Storm
Actions: Agricultural›Livestock care
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Gender›Labor | Region›Hospitality
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 116 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Decomposition | Domestic›Cooking | Domestic›Making a bed | Emotional›Stubbornness
Themes and Motifs: Death›Respect | Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 152 (Event)
Actions: Domestic›Washing | Verbal›Singing
Cultural Issues: Religion›Divine judgment | Religion›Free Will
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Character›Intelligence | Character›Responsibility | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
As I Lay Dying, 17 (Event)
Environment: Weather›Sun
Actions: Bodily›Sweating | Mental›Skepticism | Moral›Rationalization
Themes and Motifs: Character›Work ethic | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
As I Lay Dying, 203 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Street
Actions: Emotional›Outrage | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Health and Illness›Medical treatment | Law›Marshal
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
As I Lay Dying, 204 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Flags in the Dust, 10 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Exaggeration | Verbal›Repetition | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Melodrama
Flags in the Dust, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Go Down, Moses, 147 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Grief
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Funeral | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Death of spouse
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Revision | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 148 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Group Mentality›Community collective | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Go Down, Moses, 149 (Event)
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Violent›Lynch mob
Cultural Issues: Law›Arrest | Politics›Election | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Objects›Razor | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Go Down, Moses, 152 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Interaction
Go Down, Moses, 157 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Genealogy | Social›Mentorship
Go Down, Moses, 162 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property | Story-telling›Old days | Time›Simultaneity of time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Tutor-student
Go Down, Moses, 176 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
Go Down, Moses, 178 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting
Cultural Issues: Age›Rite of passage
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin
Go Down, Moses, 181 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Bodily›Drinking
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Ritual›Hunting
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Go Down, Moses, 207 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Character›Indomitable | Naming›Importance of naming | Story-telling›Explaining
Go Down, Moses, 212 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Sleeping
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Go Down, Moses, 213 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Shame | Mental›Fatalism
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Hunting | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Delayed revelation
Go Down, Moses, 221 (Event)
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Recurring Episodes›Confederate raid in Memphis
Go Down, Moses, 221 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Go Down, Moses, 235 (Event)
Actions: Hunting›Breaking camp | Perceptual›Looking
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Gender›All-male space | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Death›Animal Dog | Death›Respect | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Go Down, Moses, 245 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Disagreeing
Cultural Issues: History›American historical myths
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament
Go Down, Moses, 303 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Train
Cultural Issues: Land-Use›Loss of wildlife
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Story-telling›Hunting
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Go Down, Moses, 328 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present | Story-telling›Hunting
Light in August, 444 (Event)
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Actions: Movement›Train | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Light in August, 445 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Light in August, 494 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Actions: Economic›Buying | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Telling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Requiem for a Nun, 100 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Collaborative
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's | Recurring Episodes›Temple leaves train | Recurring Episodes›Temple testifying | Recurring Episodes›Tommy's murder | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Requiem for a Nun, 183 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman | Progress›Ironies of
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 32 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment
Requiem for a Nun, 4 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Requiem for a Nun, 5 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Communal story
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Harpe | Interpretation›Debunking story | Narrative›Parentheses
The Hamlet, 13 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Hamlet, 15 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Explaining
The Hamlet, 15 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
The Hamlet, 20 (Event)
Actions: Emotional›Laughing
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
The Hamlet, 31 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›All-male space | Labor›Racialized | Violence›Lynching
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Marital›Elopement
The Hamlet, 33 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Narrative›Child's perspective
The Hamlet, 47 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Middle Ages | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
The Hamlet, 49 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
The Hamlet, 59 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Risque
The Mansion, 347 (Event)
Environment: Place›Mill | Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Actions: Bodily›Urinating | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Cumberland County, Mississippi
The Reivers , 106 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Beer | Alcohol›Gin | Alcohol›Race | Crime›Bribe
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
The Reivers , 21 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Actions: Hunting›Deer hunting | Hunting›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Marksmanship
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Animals›Dogs | Objects›Shotgun | Story-telling›Reminiscence
The Reivers , 3 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Storytelling
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Narrative›Frame
The Reivers , 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Hotel
Actions: Military›Raid
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Confederate raid in Memphis
The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill
Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Genre Conventions›Melodrama | Genre Conventions›Romance / Romanticism | Genre Conventions›Tall tale | Narrative›Resumption of sentence after interruption | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Tone›Overwrought | Tone›Sarcastic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
The Sound and the Fury, 302 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Emotional›Impatience | Emotional›Suspicion | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Insulting | Work›Law enforcement
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Entertainment›Traveling show | Law›Badge | Law›Evidence | Law›Sheriff
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stolen | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Russia | Diction›Racist term
The Sound and the Fury, 69 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy | Atmospheric›Moonlit | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Eating | Hunting›Possum | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Murder
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Slavery›Naming slaves | Slavery›Religion
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Corpse | Memory›Remembering | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Renaming | Past›Family history | Past›Old days | Story-telling›Old days | Supernatural›Folklore | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Ghost story | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Genre Conventions›Horror story | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 106 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy | Allusion, Literary›Guinevere | Allusion, Literary›Lancelot | Allusion, Literary›Romeo and Juliet | Allusion, Literary›Tristan and Isolde
The Town, 147 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Lending Money
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Handwriting
The Town, 311 (Event)
Actions: Movement›Car
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Town, 61 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Night | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Laughing | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Checkers | Play›Chess | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Bachelor
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 93 (Event)
Environment: Place›Cabin
Cultural Issues: War›Displacement
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 94 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Clothes | War›Deprivation | War›Fog of War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 96 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | War›Strategy | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Atlanta, Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Cultural Issues: War›Sabotage
Themes and Motifs: Futility | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Values›Honor
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
The Unvanquished, 97 (Event)
Environment: Place›Railroad
Cultural Issues: War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Communal mythology