Snopes family
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The Snopes family is a notorious fictional clan in William Faulkner’s works, emblematic of ruthless ambition, moral corruption, and social upheaval in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snopes family canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Barn Burning
ⓘ
Centaur in Brass ⓘ Go Down, Moses ⓘ Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard ⓘ Shingles for the Lord ⓘ Spotted Horses ⓘ The Hamlet ⓘ The Mansion ⓘ The Town ⓘ The Unvanquished ⓘ Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County saga
|
| associatedWithTheme |
class conflict
ⓘ
corruption of traditional Southern values ⓘ greed ⓘ modernization of the South ⓘ |
| centralToTrilogy | Snopes trilogy ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Compson family
ⓘ
Sartoris family ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| criticalReception | often interpreted as critique of capitalism and opportunism in the South ⓘ |
| economicRole |
speculators
ⓘ
storekeepers ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ab Snopes
ⓘ
Ad Snopes ⓘ Bryon Snopes ⓘ Eck Snopes ⓘ Flem Snopes ⓘ Bryon Snopes ⓘ
surface form:
Hoake Snopes
I.O. Snopes ⓘ Lump Snopes ⓘ Mink Snopes ⓘ Montgomery Ward Snopes ⓘ Wallstreet Panic Snopes ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | agents of disruption in traditional Southern society ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
moral corruption
ⓘ
ruthless ambition ⓘ social upheaval ⓘ |
| originatesFromWork | Barn Burning ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| setting |
Yoknapatawpha County
ⓘ
surface form:
fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
|
| symbolizes |
economic and social change in the American South
ⓘ
rise of unscrupulous rural entrepreneurs ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.