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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... girl . I just love that little girl . OTTEN : I do too . Going from the maternal little girl to what you call the Jehovah - like bird , that bird is vengeful , isn't he ? SENDAK : Well , look what that bird has to do . He's going to ...
... girl who brought us there as the narrator , Osa . As a character / narrator , Osa could tell , in the first person , what it was like to grow up in a village where the women lived in round houses and the men lived in square ones . From ...
... girl was trying to catch a crow that had stayed in the village by the lake all winter . The girl's name was Tawena , and she lived in the tents and cabins at the end of the village . Rafe Considine watched her , sitting on a heap of ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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