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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... animal story is an ancient genre kept existent by writers of great merit like Kenneth Grahame and E. B. White , who created modern masterpieces of animal fancy in which talking animals represent both man and their own species . Animals ...
... animals . Smoky is an animal that grows , learns , and matures , but always within the limits of the species . The moment Smoky comes into the world his senses begin making con- nections with one another and recording impressions in the ...
... animals with good lessons to teach were a staple of children's lit- erature late in Swift's century . It is hard , however , to imagine him liking a moral tale like The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse ( 1783 ) . The Yahoos and the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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