Jazz Music and Intermedial References in Toni Morrison's Love.

This article examines Toni Morrison's novel *Love* (2003) through the lens of intermediality theory, focusing on its use of jazz narrative strategies as a form of the musicalization of fiction. It argues that the novel's structure parallels jazz composition, featuring polyphonic overlapping voices, improvisation, syncopation, repetition, and variations that create a dialogic narrative with multiple perspectives on complex characters and ambiguous situations. The analysis highlights how Morrison employs jazz techniques such as solos, riffs, and rhythmic arrangements within the novel's non-linear, multi-voiced storytelling to expand literary representational modes and engage readers in active interpretation. Ultimately, *Love* is presented as a vivid example of musico-literary intermediality, where jazz's expressive potential shapes the novel's form and thematic exploration of love, memory, and identity.