Spotted Horses
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"Spotted Horses" is a comic short story by William Faulkner about a chaotic auction of wild ponies in a small Southern town, showcasing his trademark blend of dark humor and regional character.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spotted Horses canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic short story
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literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
comic mishaps at an auction
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conflict between buyers and sellers ⓘ unruly animals causing chaos ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | auction of wild ponies ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
NERFINISHED
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comic fiction ⓘ regional fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Southern farmers
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con men ⓘ horse traders ⓘ rural townspeople ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
livestock auction
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rural economy ⓘ wild ponies ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
chaos and disorder
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community dynamics ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ exploitation and deception ⓘ folly of human greed ⓘ masculinity and bravado ⓘ rural Southern life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multiple voices
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oral storytelling style ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| portrays | small Southern town life ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
hyperbole
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irony ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
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