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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... novel , readable with enjoyment by someone age nine or ten ; I have even had fan mail from six - year - olds . I think this is because it is a real novel and has the two essential characteristics of the novel , which have been the two ...
... novel has a few other tricks up its sleeve . A child of the printing press , it was not only imprisoned by the alphabet , it was also confined to the page as mute as the painter's canvas . To escape from silence , the novel adapted the ...
... novels ( 1907-09 ) , James explored the nature of this consciousness . He saw it as both perceptive and blundering , working its way and developing through the course of the novel , and striving toward a kind of moral enlightenment ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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