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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... dear old Brinnie , " as Vesper fondly calls him ) , the narrative voice is literally the voice of the narrator . The stories are told in the first person by Brinnie himself , a proper Philadelphian , stouthearted and well meaning , not ...
... Dear Mili , 18 Dickinson , Emily , 358-60 Dickinson , Peter , 64-65 Didacticism , 244–45 , 288 , 292 , 339 Digging for Dinosaurs , 372 , 390-92 Donovan , Ann , 265 Don't You Dare Shoot That Bear ! 344 The Doom of the Gods , 102-5 Doyle ...
... Dear Mili , 18 ; The Juniper Tree ... , 7 , 15-24 ; Outside Over There , 14 , 17- 18 , 22 , 23-24 ; Pierre , 15 Sender , Ruth Minsky , 309 , 310 , 313- 16 , 322-23 Shadow in Hawthorn Bay , 265 , 276–77 Shakespeare , William , 341 Silver ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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