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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... poem " -whether the poem is about seasons or space , the sea or the earth , or about herself , or Josh or Jennie or Anna , or about potato chips , or about trucks , cats , or construction vehicles in Dallas . Mask and apostrophe , both ...
... poem and the persons in the poem " ( 110 ) . I would add the distance between persons and reader , maker and reader , and yet another factor , attitude . X. J. Kennedy clarifies : " tone , strictly speaking , is not an attitude by ...
... poems also express what Ong might call oral residue . “ Moon - Wind " is about silence ; the poem's center is in language that repeats and resounds and holds fast to an utter stillness that utters aloud . The poet speaks of disruption ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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