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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... traditional religious faith led Kurelek to expect a future heaven for believers . In his books for children , metaphors soften and expand these expectations into an all - inclusive hope . Winter ends with the cyclic return of spring and ...
... traditional technical aspects of lyrical poetry ( a musical rhythm , usually end - rhymed , to be sung originally to a lyre ) have for the most part vanished , dismissed by many adult contemporary poets as part of an out- worn order ...
... traditional rhyme , there is a sense of closure , in Lee's by the repeated line , “ I don't know what to do , " and in the traditional rhyme by the happy recovery of the lost shoe and the fiddling stick . Yet both the sense of closure ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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