The Narrative Symbol in Childhood Literature
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The Narrative Symbol in Childhood Literature

Explorations in the Construction of Text

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  2. English
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The Narrative Symbol in Childhood Literature

Explorations in the Construction of Text

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9783110122893
eBook ISBN
9783110872682
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Chapter One. Toward a Theory of Narrative Discourse
  2. Terms of the Pentad
  3. Relationship Among Terms
  4. The Pentad and Childhood Literature
  5. Chapter Two. Act: Plot
  6. Plot
  7. Plot Patterns in Childhood Literature
  8. Conclusions
  9. Chapter Three. Act: Characterization
  10. Characterization
  11. Character in Childhood Literature
  12. Conclusions
  13. Chapter Four. Act: Narration
  14. Narration
  15. Narration in Childrenā€™s Novels
  16. Conclusions
  17. Chapter Five. Agents: Author and Reader
  18. The Author Agent
  19. The Reader
  20. Conclusions
  21. Chapter Six. Agency: Visual-Verbal Narrative
  22. Narrative Elements
  23. Relationship between Text and Pictures
  24. Conclusions
  25. Chapter Seven. Agency: Oral Performance
  26. The Folktale Narrative
  27. Oral Language
  28. Performance: Text as Event
  29. Conclusions
  30. Chapter Eight. Agency: Film
  31. Narrative Elements
  32. A Film Adaptation of a Book
  33. Two Film Versions of the Same Narrative
  34. Animated Films
  35. Conclusions
  36. Chapter Nine. Scene: Home and Community
  37. Book Reading Events in the Home
  38. Transition from Home to School
  39. Narrative in a Cultural Context
  40. Conclusions
  41. Chapter Ten. Scene: Classroom
  42. The Classroom as a Communicative Setting
  43. Book Reading Events in the Classroom
  44. Conclusions
  45. Chapter Eleven. Purpose: The Ends of the Narrative
  46. Kinds of Purposes
  47. Books for Instructional Purposes
  48. Instructional Purposes Disguised
  49. The Case of the Folktale
  50. The Readerā€™s Purposes
  51. Alteration of Childrenā€™s Favorite Texts
  52. Conclusions
  53. Chapter Twelve. The Pentad and a Narrative Event
  54. Scene
  55. Purpose
  56. Act
  57. Agency
  58. Co-Agents: Teachers and Students
  59. Conclusions
  60. Chapter Thirteen. Conclusions
  61. The Pentad and the Narrative Text
  62. The Pentad and Narrative Discourse
  63. Merging the Intrinsic and Extrinsic
  64. The Present Study in a Broader Perspective
  65. References
  66. Childrenā€™s Picture Books
  67. Childrenā€™s Novels and Other Narratives
  68. Non-Print Narratives
  69. Index

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