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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... concern here because of its Welsh setting and its strong debt to the Mabinogion , undoubtedly stands on its own feet as a novel of very high quality ( whether exclusively a children's novel or not ) . It is also , with Elidor ( 1967 ) ...
... concerned in case someone thinks you are cruel in your real , your personal opinions . I will try to illustrate what I mean with an example . In A Chance Child ( 1978 ) I wrote about cruelty to children in the Industrial Revolution . I ...
... concerned with completion . To be full of rhyme is to be flush forever . Also of little concern is theme or what the work is all about . More important are the entertaining possibilities of language , the music of words . Despite the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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