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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... Earth , and the land of Hel as existing timelessly , forever present until the doom of the gods arrives and - with a jolt into past tense - destroyed Asgard and Middle Earth : Three worlds encircle the Ash Tree's mighty trunk , one ...
... Earth Songs I was attempting in some way to relate the child's concept of the vastness of earth's deserts , mountains , forests , with its relatively small position in the universe . Shakespeare's line from Anthony and Cleopatra , " The ...
... earth as abused maternal sustainer . This tale with strong thematic emphasis is close to allegory or fable , while the third- person point of view , the ancestral voices of the American earth , and the direct commentary of the implied ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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