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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... illustrator . " Voice is aural , illus- tration is visual ; voice is heard , illustration is seen . In contemporary literary criticism , however , voice has come to mean the act of narrating , with a teller and an audience ; the unique ...
... illustrator to do except for the vanity of attaching his name to that of the author . Pierre , the title of one of ... illus- tration is it something like this - remembering Sir Thomas Browne , who said , " Thank God , I can die " ? Or ...
... illustrator of Chanticleer and the Fox , Ox - Cart Man , author - illustrator of Miss Rumphius , Island Boy ; twice winner of the Cal- decott Award ( 1959 , 1980 ) . PETER DICKINSON , author of a trilogy about England , Tulku , City of ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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