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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
... tell you something important , to instruct or persuade or explain . I can illustrate this at its simplest by the tale of Elisha and the bears ( II Kings 2 : 23 ff . ) , which tells how some children mocked the prophet for his baldness ...
... tell about their very first wheat crop on their first farm after moving from another state , and if it wasn't Robert Frost talking , it was his cousin , five times removed . I have heard locomotive engineers talk about America in the ...
... tell you the names of every classmate in the small southern Pennsylvania town where I went through elementary school , or every friend in the northern tip of the Blue Ridge Mountains where I spent childhood summers . Nor could I tell ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
37 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
The Voice of the Narrator in Children's Literature: Insights from Writers ... Charlott Otten,Gary D. Schmidt No preview available - 1989 |