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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... fantasy and realism are also being blurred ; and , as the nature of narrative is examined , the traditional view that fantasy occurs in a secondary world and realism in a primary world , although useful , has undergone scrupulous ...
... fantasy . In his discussion of the voice of the ideal companion in adventure stories , Nicholas Tucker goes to the world of developmental psychology to identify children's need for a mature voice . Young protagonists - immature , naive ...
... fantasy genre have its own particular style , tone , and voice ? Given fantasy writers ' individual differences and personalities , is there anything they have in common ? In the broadest terms , there is a shared voice among writers of ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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