Aesthetics: Diction "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past
Description
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
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Accent
- African American vernacular dialect
- Derogatory socio-economic term
- Double entendre
- Ethnic slur
- Hill dialect
- Imitation
- Malapropism
- Misogynistic wording
- Native American languages
- Neologism
- Northern dialect
- Racist term
- Rural vernacular
- Southern dialect
- Stereotypical Jewish accent
- Western vernacular
Tagged Events
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Meaning›Profound
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Emotional›Sadness | Mental›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shirt | Education›Being well read / erudite | Education›Harvard
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Suicide | Objects›Bricks | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Suffering | Recurring Tropes›Dead time | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Time›Return to present time
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Mental›Contemplation | Perceptual›Watching
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Losing vs never having | Recurring Tropes›Shadows