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Narrating as a Child, Reading as an Adult: Ways of Employing Child Narrator in American Novel

Authors: Bubíková Šárka

Year: 2011

Type of publication: ostatní - přednáška nebo poster

Page from-to: nestránkováno

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Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
eng	Narrating as a Child, Reading as an Adult: Ways of Employing Child Narrator in American Novel	In recent decades, there has been an increasing interest in the cultural functions of the figure of a child and the use of a child as a literary device. The paper discussed a very specific aspect of the literary presentation of childhood - the use of child’s voice or perspective as a way of narrating a story. Child perspective is interesting both as a narrative technique and as a way of subverting traditional “adult” views on many issues. Outlining some of the narrative theory concerning the child narrative voice, the paper refered to selected texts of American fiction to illustrate its points.	Child Narrator; American Novel; Mark Twain; Innocence; Narrator; Focalizer