Why Is It Called Recitatif?
The Title Refers to the French Form of “Recitative, ” a Style of Delivery Sometimes Used in Operas When a Performer Sings Ordinary Speech, Often During...
The title refers to the French form of “recitative,” a style of delivery sometimes used in operas when a performer sings ordinary speech, often during interludes. This refers to the episodic nature of the story that brings together the two characters—Twyla and Roberta—in five “moments, all narrated by Twyla.
Why did Morrison name the story Recitatif?
"Recitatif" is Toni Morrison's only published short story. The title alludes to a style of musical declamation that hovers between song and ordinary speech; it is used for dialogic and narrative interludes during operas and oratories.
Why is the story titled Recitatif In what way does this story combine speech and song?
It combines music and speech and is often used as a narrative interlude in operas and oratories. It is also called recitative and resembles speech more than formal music. "Recitatif" is the perfect title for this story, because each meeting between the two girls is like an interlude in Twyla's life.
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