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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... told . A story can only be told by a person , and that is what voice is , a flesh and blood human being whose voice is the embodiment of the community's past . When the story is being presented by someone called an author , the author ...
... told her , first , that there was no way in which the Bible stories could now be retold ; and second , that there was no way in which they belonged in that series . I put the phone down . Twenty minutes later I called her and said I ...
... told us what everyone was thinking , when it seemed important to her narrative , but also commented on the actions and reflections of her characters , and was never above moralizing about what she saw . Children of that time seemed to ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Narrating Chaucer Grimm New England | 25 |
Finding the Narrative Voice through Dramatically | 32 |
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