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1、Recitatif（宣叙）ByToniMorrison07外商（2）班邓素萍2007064343128"Recitatif"isToniMorrison'sonlypublishedshortstory.Itwasfirstpublishedin1983inConfirmations:AnAnthologyofAfricanAmericanWomenwww.themegallery.comCompanyLogoContentsAbouttheTitle1PlotSummary2Characterization3Themes4Signific
2、anceofMaggie6Comparisonofthetworace7Symbolism5www.themegallery.comCompanyLogoAboutthetitleThetitlealludestoastyleofmusicaldeclamationthathoversbetweensongandordinaryspeech;itisusedfordialogic(对话体的)andnarrativeinterludesduringoperasandoratories.Theterm“recitatif”alsoonceinc
3、ludedthenow-obsolete（过时的）meaning,“thetoneorrhythmpeculiartoanylanguage.”Bothofthesedefinitionssuggestthestory‘sepisodic（插曲般的）nature,howeachofthestory'sfivesectionshappensinaregisterthatisdifferentfromtherespectiveordinarylivesofitstwocentralcharacters,RobertaandTwyla.www.t
4、hemegallery.comCompanyLogoThewhitepeople:Twyla(thenarrator)Mary,ThebiggirlsinSt.Bonny’s,Twyla’sparentsinlawetc.CharactersintheStoryTheblackpeople:Roberta,Maggie,Roberta’smother.www.themegallery.comCompanyLogoThestoryissetoveraperiodofmorethan20years,betweenthelate1950sande
5、arly1980s.Thestory‘svignettes（小插曲）bringtogethertherhythmsoftwolivesforfive,shortmoments,allofthemnarratedinTwyla'sownvoice.Thestoryis,then,inseveralways,Twyla's"recitatif."www.themegallery.comCompanyLogoPlotsummaryFirstencounterTwyla,whosenamesuggeststhefamousdancer,TwylaT
6、harp,andRobertaFiskfirstmeetwithintheconfinesofastatehomeforchildren,St.Bonaventure(St.Bonny‘s),becauseeachhasbeentakenawayfromhermother.Roberta’smotherissick;Twyla‘smother“justlikestodanceallnight.”Welearnimmediatelythatthegirlslookdifferentfromoneanother:oneisblack,oneis
7、white.Despitetheirinitiallyhostile（怀有敌意的）feelings,theyaredrawntogetherbecauseoftheirsimilarcircumstances.www.themegallery.comCompanyLogoTheyturnouttobe,inMayaAngelou‘sfamousphrase,“morealikethanunalike.”Theeight-year-oldgirlswereboth“dumped”there.Theybecomealliesagainstthe
8、“biggirlsonthesecondfloor”(whotheycall“gar-girls,”anametheygetfrommishearingtheword“gargo
