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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... poet and reader , in the poetry of Livingston become the voice - bridge from the poet's consciousness to the reader's . Nancy Willard's A Visit to William Blake's Inn began with her search for a narrator , as did the searches of Alice ...
... poet and child explore the range and resonance of sound . The voice of the narrator is not the solitary voice of the poet but the creative joint voice of poet and child . When Eve Merriam brings her poems to a child audience , she makes ...
... poet - speaker ( Brower , 101-2 , 108 ) . As George T. Wright points out in his analysis of the varying relations among poet , persona , and audience , no matter how direct the expression of the poet's own thoughts and feelings seem to ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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