Morrison's Recitatif by Professor Diana Paulin https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx en-us 2022-11-30 23:07:02 UTC 2022-12-07 23:25:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Recitatif professordianapaulin https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404311351 1. Musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note.
2. The tone or rhythm peculiar to any language (obs)]]> 2022-11-30 23:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404311351 Who narrates the story? What are some of the details included that give us clues about the characters? What peculiarities does Morrison include about Twyla and Roberta? professordianapaulin https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404312329 2022-11-30 23:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404312329 What role does Maggie play in this story? professordianapaulin https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404312899 2022-11-30 23:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404312899 In her introduction to "Recitatif" author Zadie Smith contends that "[l]ife is complex, conceptually dominated by binaries but never wholly contained by them. Morrison is the great Master of complexity, and "Recitatif" . . . sits alongside "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "The Lottery" as a perfect--and perfectly American--tale, one every American child should read" (xxxvii). Respond to this claim based on your interpretation of the short story. professordianapaulin https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404319413 2022-11-30 23:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/professordianapaulin/mp8jk9w223nucltx/wish/2404319413