The Narrative and Literary Attributes of Themes and Symbols: Towards Exploring New Meanings and Auctorial Insights in Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif”
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This study attempts to explore the function of themes and symbols in Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif.” It concentrates on the role of themes and symbols and representing the significance of the narrative events. Therefore, the analysis accentuates the life of the protagonist, Twyla, who suffers from tensional and discrepant living conditions. The interpretation of the protagonist and events will depend on three interrelated literary elements, namely, the protagonist, the narrative events, and the spatial setting. First, the protagonist will be discussed in relation to her social and psychological barriers. Second, the narrative events will be tackled in the light of Morrison’s fictional descriptions of these barriers. Third, the spatial setting will be analyzed through tracing the orphanage where Twyla spends time with another girl, Roberta. In this sense, the study’s methodology follows a textual and qualitative analysis of these elements with special emphasis on themes and symbols that reveal their genuine meanings.
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