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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... created form . The element of sound was not important here , nor as I began to work could I conceive of the mask of myself as a sun , moon , or satellite . Further I wished to include not only stars and planets but something of 224 Poetry.
... planets but something of the nature of discovery and dreams of space . I dabbled with the lyrical voice , I will imagine in my hand ten thousand shining grains of sand [ holograph ] But this led me nowhere in terms of the rest of the ...
... planet , his stay has a beginning and an end . So his point of view is close to mine and , I hope , to my reader's . Our lives have the shape of his story . The narrator in The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill is also a traveler - Ste- venson ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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