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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... speak , what would they have to say ? The realistic tales on the other hand , in seeming contradiction to the label put on them , are based on the premise that the animals do " speak , " and despite the fact that most civilized men have ...
... speak with their own voice and out of a sense of who and what they are . Their thoughts , actions and conversation must be consistent , though these may grow and change as the story proceeds . For the author who is getting the voice ...
... speak with less authority of gardens than of that other " land of counterpane . " The sufferings of life may be handled by the very greatest in their hours of insight ; it is of its pleasures that our common poems should be formed ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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