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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... published in the 1980s . Books like Boxes ! Boxes ! and Look Around , also published in the 1980s , echoed the sharply focused acrylic box paintings I had created during the 1970s . Whether sharply focused or fluid , the essential ...
... published between 1973 and 1976. His passion to publish and the pace at which he drove himself could not be guessed from his books , with the possible exception of the autobiography . He wanted money , mostly for char- itable projects ...
... ( published by Francis Newbery in 1772 ) , began the long tradition of detaching Lilliput and Brobdingnag from the rest of the story and publishing them as a unit ( Bator , 555 ) . John Sadler's small octavo ( published by Darlington in ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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