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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... tion " ; rather , the author must become a child — a middle - age child - in out- look , perception , and knowledge . Karl describes three ways in which authors can become the voice of the child : by honestly recalling their own ...
... tion seem especially unpalatable aesthetically ( Booth , chaps . 1 , 2 ) . Never- theless , James ' criticism and practice - particularly his concept of a central consciousness or intelligence - provided one promising direction for aes ...
... tion camp survivor focuses on shaping some " version of survival " ( Langer , 1982 ) in a world that constantly threatened to consume all dimensions of being human and traumatized him or her with tremendous physical and psychological ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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