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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... seems to " feather " him : David has been a substitute owling . The mother owl , however , is not looking at David nor at the reader . Her eyes draw the reader in , who wishes that the mother owl would look at him or her . I don't know ...
... seems to create . This narrowness seems particularly evident in first - person fiction for young adults and children when the author seems unable to incorporate in the text any measures of the narrator's re- liability . The child reader ...
... seem to run directly counter to those of her younger brother Peter , whose consciousness is not explored , Nesbit seems to be confirming James ' dictum about his own choice of central consciousness in What Maisie Knew : " I at once ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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