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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... poetry ; to say that the poet works with sound is simply to name one aspect of the poet's craft . In its essence poetry involves the use of sound to produce certain effects on both the text and the reader . In Eve Merriam's poetry ...
... poetry , is that in which poets speak of experiences and / or images in relationship to themselves . The traditional technical aspects of lyrical poetry ( a musical rhythm , usually end - rhymed , to be sung originally to a lyre ) have ...
... poet . One of the reasons that finding a proper voice in poetry for children is such a fragile and difficult operation is that the relationship between persona and implied poet ( neither of which is the living poet himself / herself ) ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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