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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... individual focus.3 She disliked his titles , " William's Winter " and " The Student Lumberjack . " As an author and editor , Cutler has a feeling for language that Kurelek lacked . His gifts lay in storytelling and illustration . He ...
... individual from individual truth . Green Town did exist , then ? Yes , and again , yes . Was there a real boy named John Huff ? There was . And that was truly his name . He truly could pathfind more trails than any Choctaw or Cherokee ...
... individual ( often a young woman ) that gave her the opportunity to ex- perience history as drama . The voice - first person , journal , or autobiography — is a means for ex- ploring the protagonist's consciousness and bringing together ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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