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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... happened then ? " Then the master comes round and says : " Time for lights out . " " Oh sir , just another three minutes , sir , while Adams finishes the story . What happened then , Adams , what happened to him ? ” You feel the power ...
... happening " is typically a speaker responding to or within a sit- uation .... At any rate , meaning emerges through words , movement , gesture , the character of the speaker , and the nature of his situation . It cannot be expressed as ...
... Happened , Paul Re- vere ? 338 Andersen , Hans Christian , 228 The Animal Family , 10 Animal story , 83-90 Anno , Mitsumasa , 373 , 396-98 , 400 Anno's Medieval World , 373 , 396-98 Apostrophe , 209 , 210 , 216 , 220 , 222 , 223 , 224 ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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