Themes and Motifs: Story-telling Retelling

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"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
"Gold Is Not Always", 228 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Money›Treasure | Story-telling›Communal mythology | Story-telling›Retelling
"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", 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
Absalom, Absalom!, 268 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Negation | Narrative›Conjectural narration
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
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, 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, 7 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
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, 176 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling | Supernatural›Soul / Spirit | Time›Cyclical
Aesthetics: Narrative›Perspective
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
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