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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... James tells the story . The cowboy speaks directly to the reader . It is unlikely that he could have successfully told the story in any other way . Mark Twain speaks for James and other storytellers like himself , who found themselves ...
... James ' life and work , Will James : The Last Cowboy Legend ( 1980 ) , Anthony Amaral states , " When he was fifteen he solemnly announced to his mother and father that he was going to the Canadian West ... In 1907 , with ten dollars ...
... James have been , for the most part , applied only to adult fiction . Indeed , as Felicity Hughes demonstrates , James took some pains to disassociate his realism from the " family novel , " disparaging both the child and the female ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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