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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... sound . The titles of many of her collections of poetry indicate her con- tinuing fascination with sound : There Is No Rhyme for Silver , It Doesn't Always Have to Rhyme , Catch a Little Rhyme , Finding a Poem , and Out Loud . Sound is ...
... sounds of syllables , especially onomatopoeic delights , words that sound like what they mean . It pleases me enormously , like some kind of mathematical elegance , that one has to open one's mouth wide to say the words " Out Loud ...
... sound : The hum of the telephone wires along the road , the ring of hidden crickets , the stitching sound of grasshoppers , the sudden relief of a meadow lark's song , were deliciously strange to him . ( 11 ) Eleven - year - old Vanessa ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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