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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... novels , which are set in Wales and which draw on Arthurian material , I mean to examine the way the stories are told , using Seymour Chatman's analysis of the roles of implied author , narrator , narratee , and implied reader . I also ...
... novel nevertheless has its own cadences , rhythms , and sonorities . These may not have any bearing on whether the novel is any good — as a novel . Some of our most important novels are awkwardly written , others read aloud marvelously ...
... novels ( 1907-09 ) , James explored the nature of this consciousness . He saw it as both perceptive and blundering , working its way and developing through the course of the novel , and striving toward a kind of moral enlightenment ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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