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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... names . You cannot do away with them : to deprive the gods and other characters of their original names would be to deprive them of part of their power . I decided to use the Old Norse originals ... but have also worked their ...
... names , where they play no significant part in the story , are generally omitted in the children's version . In " Loki's Children and the Binding of Fenrir , ” The Norse Myths names the large chain that eventually binds Fenrir as Gelgja ...
... name . He truly could pathfind more trails than any Choctaw or Cherokee since time began , or leap from the sky like a ... names of all the wildflowers and when the moon would rise and set and when the tides came in and out . He was , in ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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