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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... give him what Pallas Athene promised Odysseus ; she promised him the gentlest death that may be , she says in the Odyssey . And that's what we'll give him . " So he was meant to have as easy and perfect a death as possible to please my ...
... give the illusion of being an oral medium . It spoke to the reader as if it were a storyteller speaking to the listener , an oral - aural relationship . Despite changes and developments in the novelistic form , the closer the novel ...
... give one example out of hundreds , in Tom Jones Fielding constantly pops up with such comments as " Reader , I think it proper before we proceed any farther together ... " and " My reader may please to re- member .... " Except in first ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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