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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... space . It is the space . . . that is the true subject of a Fisher still - life , " wrote Charles M. Daugherty in Six Artists Paint a Still Life . My book illustrations of the 1970s , like those of the late 1950s and 1960s , on the ...
... space ( “ little o , ” O Sliver of Liver ) To further this idea I conceived of a conversation , the dramatic voice , be- tween a child and earth and had originally intended to carry this through each stanza . The form I created ...
... space . I dabbled with the lyrical voice , I will imagine in my hand ten thousand shining grains of sand [ holograph ] But this led me nowhere in terms of the rest of the work . I did not wish to use sprung rhythm , nor even a triple ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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