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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... Literatures Jean - Pierre Durix Becoming True to Ourselves : Cultural Decolonization and National Identity in the Literature of the Portuguese - Speaking World Maria Luisa Nunes George Orwell Courtney T. Wemyss and Alexej Ugrinsky ...
... literature has come an increasing awareness of the complexities of narration . What once seemed a simple matter of identification — naming the narrator — is now as elusive as it is important . No longer can the familiar categories of ...
... literature and are responded to and judged as literature . They are not . Literature is the product of a single mind ; it is the product of one person's skill with words and silence . A story comes from a community and is told by any ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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