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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... social injustice , war , technological overload , and the dangers of urban life ” ( 228 ) . Fortunately , most of Stevenson's critics and biographers have recognized the honesty and clarity of A Child's Garden of Verses even when they ...
... social , moral , and religious barriers as a defense against the unfamiliar and unregenerate . For the child , the code of respectability imposed by adults through family , church , and school included strict religious observances , social ...
... social satire , as when her response to the harvest landscape is juxtaposed to that of the rich farmer : The billows of shadow swept over the wheat on each side of the narrow pasture ; the golden flowers , the golden fields , the warm ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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