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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... sense impressions to play with , not work with , no , play with . Dandelion Wine is nothing if it is not the boy - hid - in - the - man playing in the fields of the Lord on the green grass of other Augusts in the midst of starting to ...
... sense and the nonsense therein , the spacious expanse of vowels , the cacophony of consonants . It doesn't always have to rhyme , but there's the repeat of a beat , somewhere an inner chime that makes you want to tap your feet or swerve ...
... sense of order and pattern and therewith , by definition , purposefulness and meaning . Nevertheless , there is a price for transcending the ironic mode of " Sarah , " for the narrative succumbs to the myths of rebirth through ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
Copyright | |
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