The Voice of the Narrator in Children's Literature: Insights from Writers and CriticsCharlott Otten, Gary D. Schmidt As Otten and Schmidt note in their preface, voice is a broad metaphor. Thus the 41 essays in this collection provide varied approaches, examining point of view, focus, selection of details, tone, and even illustrations as part of the narrative identity. Eight genres, including picture books, fantasy, realism, and biography, receive separate study in generally brief articles by writers and more substantial analyses by critics. . . . In her contribution, Jill Paton Walsh describes contemporary criticism as an `impenetrable thicket of technical terms.' In most cases, the critics here avoid jargon. They speak clearly, offering practical criticsm accessible to anyone seriously concerned about narrative technique in children's literature. Choice |
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... Critical Voice 237 25 . How Far from Babylon ? The Voices of Stevenson's Garden 239 JOANNE LEWIS 26 . Reactivating the Ear : Orality and Children's Poetry RODERICK MCGILLIS 252 PART VI : HISTORICAL FICTION Introduction 261 263 GARY D ...
... critical theories of Henry James have been , for the most part , applied only to adult fiction . Indeed , as Felicity Hughes demonstrates , James took some pains to disassociate his realism from the " family novel , " disparaging both ...
... Critical Prefaces . New York : Scribner's , 1934 . Kuznets , Lois . " Sweet and Sour Land : A Critical Comparison of the ' Sounder ' Novels . " Illinois English Bulletin 65 ( Spring , 1978 ) : 23–29 . Molson , Francis . " The Portrait ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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