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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... culture are con- stantly revised by the voices that take up their telling . As new narrators come to the stories ... culture to reproduce the tales of another culture by attempting to capture its modes of plot structures ...
... culture . Through such a narrator , Lester was able to maintain the elasticity of the tales , varying details by including contemporary references . Malcolm Jones , co - editor of Jump ! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit with Van Dyke Parks ...
... culture through its discourse : here , the culture is the American West . As Lester , Evans , Dickinson , and Mills tie folklore to a culture , so James Higgins suggests that this novel is informed by the bunkhouses of the frontier ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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