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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... expression of Rawlings ' own love for the Florida scrub . Through it , long descriptions of nature are made palatable ... expressed in a first - person narration for reasons of age and understanding . Here Jody must run for help to the ...
... expressed by critical talk about the literature . But it can be more than partially expressed by the oral inter- preter who , with the language of the literature itself , performs the " happening . " ( 7 ) Children's poetry never loses ...
... expressed in " The Harvard Divinity School Address " ( 1838 ) , Wood comments , " Like most people , she tolerated ... expression . Emerson disliked most men as being lesser . Still , Wood attempts intimacy . Perhaps believing he can ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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