1. Setting
Both depiction of character and unfolding of plot and theme occur in time and place. These elements of time and place are called setting. Sometimes the writer wishes to make setting clear because the story depends on understanding and envisioning the particular setting. In any piece of literature, whether for children or adults, there are essentially two types of setting: a. the essential, or integral setting. b. the relatively unimportant, or backdrop setting. Ex: In A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin, a small town, a boarding house, and a traveling carnival and its "freak show" are the setting.
2. Integral Setting
A story has an integral setting when action, character, or theme are influenced by the time and place. A Beach Tail by Karen Williams suggests that the setting is an integral part of the action. The seashore is so interesting that Gregory becomes engrossed in what he is doing; his adventure would not be the same in a different place.
Both depiction of character and unfolding of plot and theme occur in time and place. These elements of time and place are called setting. Sometimes the writer wishes to make setting clear because the story depends on understanding and envisioning the particular setting. In any piece of literature, whether for children or adults, there are essentially two types of setting: a. the essential, or integral setting. b. the relatively unimportant, or backdrop setting. Ex: In A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin, a small town, a boarding house, and a traveling carnival and its "freak show" are the setting.
2. Integral Setting
A story has an integral setting when action, character, or theme are influenced by the time and place. A Beach Tail by Karen Williams suggests that the setting is an integral part of the action. The seashore is so interesting that Gregory becomes engrossed in what he is doing; his adventure would not be the same in a different place.
3. Backdrop Setting
The definition of backdrop means the setting or location, or the mural scene behind the set of a play that sets the imaginary location for the scene.
Backdrop setting is setting that is visually imaginative and appealing to the audience but is not significant to the plot of the story. You know you are reading a backdrop setting description if the setting is not described in great detail or developed, and the plot of the story could happen anywhere. This type of setting is often nonspecific: it could be any city or any countryside, nor does it denote any specific time period. Ex: Winnie-the Pooh by A. A. Milne
4. Setting That Clarifies Conflict
An integral setting plays an important part in conflict. Setting for a story can be any time, past, present, or future. Where and when a story takes place can define the kind of conflict that is likely or even possible to occur within a story,. Authors have a responsibility to make an integral setting possible and probable. Ex: In Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt, Tuner finds life in a small town in Main quite different from that in Boston; the differences in atitudes toward African Americans become clear in the description of setting.
5. Setting as Historical Background
Historical fiction can make the past come alive so that the reader cna better understand likfe in another time. Descriptions of language, dress, and lifestyle must accurately portrayed so readers can differentiate between the story's setting and their own life setting. Ex: Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti.
5. Antagonist
1590s, from French antagoniste (16c.) or directly from Late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagonistes "competitor, opponent, rival," agent noun fromantagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival," from anti "against" (see anti-) + agonizesthai "to contend for a prize," from agon "contest" (seeagony). Originally in battle or sport, extended 1620s to any sphere of human activity.
a person who is strongly opposed to something or someone
The antagonists in this dispute are quite unwilling to compromise.
He sued several of his antagonists for libel.
antagonistic (adj.)
1630s, from antagonist + -ic. Related: Antagonistical (1620s); antagonistically. antagonize (v.) 1630s, "to compete with," from Greek antagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival" (see antagonist). Meaning "to struggle against continuously" is recorded from 1742. Related: Antagonized; antagonizing. 6. Protagonist 1670s, "principal character in a story, drama, etc.," from Greek protagonistes "actor who plays the chief or first part," from protos "first" (see proto-) +agonistes "actor, competitor," from agon "contest" (see act (n.)). Meaning "leading person in any cause or contest" is from 1889. Mistaken sense of "advocate, supporter" (1935) is from misreading of Greek protos as Latin pro- "for." an important supporter of an idea or political system Key protagonists of the revolution were hunted down and executed. 7. Setting as Antagonist
Sometimes setting itself is the antagonist, as it is for Sheila Burnford's classic The Incredible Journey. An essential part of story, Canadian wilderness, is not only setting but also antagonist.
8. Life of Pi - Sea is the setting - antagonist
The definition of backdrop means the setting or location, or the mural scene behind the set of a play that sets the imaginary location for the scene.
Backdrop setting is setting that is visually imaginative and appealing to the audience but is not significant to the plot of the story. You know you are reading a backdrop setting description if the setting is not described in great detail or developed, and the plot of the story could happen anywhere. This type of setting is often nonspecific: it could be any city or any countryside, nor does it denote any specific time period. Ex: Winnie-the Pooh by A. A. Milne
4. Setting That Clarifies Conflict
An integral setting plays an important part in conflict. Setting for a story can be any time, past, present, or future. Where and when a story takes place can define the kind of conflict that is likely or even possible to occur within a story,. Authors have a responsibility to make an integral setting possible and probable. Ex: In Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt, Tuner finds life in a small town in Main quite different from that in Boston; the differences in atitudes toward African Americans become clear in the description of setting.
5. Setting as Historical Background
Historical fiction can make the past come alive so that the reader cna better understand likfe in another time. Descriptions of language, dress, and lifestyle must accurately portrayed so readers can differentiate between the story's setting and their own life setting. Ex: Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti.
5. Antagonist
1590s, from French antagoniste (16c.) or directly from Late Latin antagonista, from Greek antagonistes "competitor, opponent, rival," agent noun fromantagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival," from anti "against" (see anti-) + agonizesthai "to contend for a prize," from agon "contest" (seeagony). Originally in battle or sport, extended 1620s to any sphere of human activity.
a person who is strongly opposed to something or someone
The antagonists in this dispute are quite unwilling to compromise.
He sued several of his antagonists for libel.
antagonistic (adj.)
Sometimes setting itself is the antagonist, as it is for Sheila Burnford's classic The Incredible Journey. An essential part of story, Canadian wilderness, is not only setting but also antagonist.
8. Life of Pi - Sea is the setting - antagonist
Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
The novel, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide, was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year. It was also chosen for CBC Radio's Canada Reads 2003, where it was championed by author Nancy Lee.
The French translation, L'Histoire de Pi, was chosen in the French CBC version of the contest Le combat des livres, where it was championed by Louise Forestier. The novel won the 2003 Boeke Prize, a South African novel award. In 2004, it won theAsian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction for years 2001–2003. In 2012 it was adapted into a theatrical feature film directed by Ang Lee with a screenplay by David Magee.
9. Anthropomorphism V.S. Personifiction
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities and is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology.
Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather.
Both have ancient roots as storytelling and artistic devices, and most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals as characters. People have also routinely attributed human emotions and behavioral traits to wild as well as domestic animals.
Authors’ introductions
1. Ann M. Martin
Ann Matthews Martin (born August 12, 1955) is an American children's author most well known for writing The Baby-Sitters Clubseries. Ann Matthews Martin grew up in Princeton, New Jersey with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. Her father was the cartoonist Henry Martin.[citation needed] Martin developed an interest in writing from an early age. Before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
2. Karen Williams
Karen was born in Connecticut, and received her Master’s degree in deaf education. She has lived in Africa and in Haiti. Karen had an early dream to be one of the youngest published authors ever, starting a writing club at ten. However, Karen's published works came later in life, after extensive travels and family experience. Karen's ability to draw from personal experience and adapt into writing forms for all ages and interests expresses her true gift. See her website for more information about her books and stay in touch here for updates about her writing life and publications.
3. A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was born in London on January 18, 1882, the third and youngest son of a schoolmaster. At age eleven, he won a scholarship to the Westminster School. He went on to attend Cambridge University and became the editor of the undergraduate paper, Granta. After graduating from Cambridge in 1903, Milne moved back to London with enough savings to live for one year. He was determined to become a writer. By 1906, he had been offered the position of Assistant Editor at Punch, a classic British humor magazine. He remained at Punch for the next eight years.
In 1913, Milne married Dorothy de Selincourt (known as Daphne) and moved to a house in London's Chelsea section. When World War I broke out, he enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, eventually serving in France. During his training period, he wrote his first play, Wurzel-Flummery, which was produced in London in 1917.
By 1919, having completed one book and several plays, Milne finally achieved financial independence. His play, Mr. Pim Passes By, previously staged in London, was produced by the Theatre Guild in New York City. It was as great a success there as it had been on the London stage. Milne was now well established as a witty and fashionable London playwright. In 1920, Christopher Robin Milne was born, an event that was to change the history of children's literature. In 1923, during a rainy holiday in Wales, Milne began work on a collection of verses for children. The result was When We Were Very Young, published in 1924.
Demand for Milne's whimsical work was overwhelming, and in 1926, he duplicated his earlier success with the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. The sequel, The House at Pooh Corner, followed in 1927. Now We Are Six, another charming collection of verse, followed one year later. It was through these four books, all illustrated by the wonderfully talented Ernest H. Shepard, that Milne acquired a vast audience outside of the theater. In the years since their initial publication, interest in these books has grown and grown.
Milne continued to be a prolific essayist, novelist, and poet until his death in 1956.
4. Gary Schmidt
Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels. Both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor was awarded to the book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and a Newbery Honor was awarded to The Wednesday Wars. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College, which is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1. Ann M. Martin
2. Karen Williams
3. A. A. Milne
In 1913, Milne married Dorothy de Selincourt (known as Daphne) and moved to a house in London's Chelsea section. When World War I broke out, he enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, eventually serving in France. During his training period, he wrote his first play, Wurzel-Flummery, which was produced in London in 1917.
By 1919, having completed one book and several plays, Milne finally achieved financial independence. His play, Mr. Pim Passes By, previously staged in London, was produced by the Theatre Guild in New York City. It was as great a success there as it had been on the London stage. Milne was now well established as a witty and fashionable London playwright. In 1920, Christopher Robin Milne was born, an event that was to change the history of children's literature. In 1923, during a rainy holiday in Wales, Milne began work on a collection of verses for children. The result was When We Were Very Young, published in 1924.
Demand for Milne's whimsical work was overwhelming, and in 1926, he duplicated his earlier success with the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. The sequel, The House at Pooh Corner, followed in 1927. Now We Are Six, another charming collection of verse, followed one year later. It was through these four books, all illustrated by the wonderfully talented Ernest H. Shepard, that Milne acquired a vast audience outside of the theater. In the years since their initial publication, interest in these books has grown and grown.
Milne continued to be a prolific essayist, novelist, and poet until his death in 1956.
4. Gary Schmidt
5. Roberto Innocenti (Illustrator)
Born in a small town near Florence, Italy, just after the outbreak of World War II, Innocenti left school at age thirteen to help support his family by working in a steel foundry. By age eighteen he had moved to Rome and found work in an animation studio, a move that would influence his future career. He began to learn the trade of illustration and soon moved back to Florence. There he illustrated posters for movies and the theater in addition to designing books. In 1970 Innocenti met American artist John Alcorn, who convinced him to try his hand at book illustration.
6. Sheila Burnford
Burnford is best remembered for The Incredible Journey, published by Hodder & Stoughton with illustrations by Carl Burger in 1960. The story of three animal pets traveling in the wilderness won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award in 1963 and the ALA Aurianne Award in 1963 as the best book on animal life written for children ages 8–14. It is marketed for children but Burnford has stated that it was not intended as a children's book.[citation needed] It was a modest success commercially and became a bestseller after release of the 1963 Disney film, The Incredible Journey (which was remade in 1993 as Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey). Another book, Bel Ria, about a dog's survival in wartime, was based on her own experiences as an ambulance driver.
Burnford later wrote other books on Canadian topics. Another was One Woman's Arctic (1973) about her two summers in Pond Inlet, Nunavut on Baffin Island with Susan Ross. She traveled by komatik, a traditional Inuit dog sled, assisted in archaeological excavation, having to thaw the land inch by inch, ate everything offered to her, and saw the migration of the narwhals. This is a world that has experienced unlimited change, but Burnford saw the best and worst of Pond Inlet at a time gone forever.
Books
introductions
1. A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable small town life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition involves schizophrenia and autism.
Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability.
2. A Beach Tail by Karen Williams
How will Gregory find his way back to Dad? Swish-swoosh . . . Gregory draws a lion in the sand. ''Don't go in the water, and don't leave Sandy,'' warns Dad. But the sandy lion grows a tail that gets longer and longer and soon Gregory is lost on the beach. This wonderful read-aloud book brings to life a summer experience that is all too familiar for young children. Karen Williams's rhythmic text has been paired with Floyd Cooper's brilliant illustrations, revealing the trip down the beach entirely from a child's point of view. A gentle father-son bond is shown in both text and art, reassuring young readers even as they share in Greg's moment of worry at finding himself lost and alone.
3. Winnie-the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore—have endured as the unforgettable creations of A.A. Milne, who wrote this book for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave Pooh and his companions shape.
These characters and their stories are timeless treasures of childhood that continue to speak to all of us with the kind of freshness and heart that distinguishes true storytelling.
"Winnie-the-Pooh is a joy; full of solemn idiocies and the sort of jokes one weeps over helplessly, not even knowing why they are so funny, and with it all the real wit and tenderness which alone could create a priceless little masterpiece." Saturday Review, 1926.
4. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast. The two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner's father, want to force the people to leave Lizzie's island so that Phippsburg can start a lucrative tourist trade there. Turner gets caught up in a spiral of disasters that alter his life-but also lead him to new levels of acceptance and maturity. This sensitively written historical novel, based on the true story of a community's destruction, highlights a unique friendship during a time of change. Author's note.
5. Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz (Author)
Roberto Innocenti (Illustrator)
In wartime Germany, Rose Blanche witnesses the mistreatment of a little boy, and follows the truck that takes him to a camp. Secretly, Rose Blanche brings him and other children food. An excellent book to use not only to teach about the Holocaust, but also about living a life of ethics, compassion, and honesty.--School Library Journal. Full color.
6. The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one of the great children's stories of all time--and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961.
1. A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. MartinThe summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable small town life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition involves schizophrenia and autism.
Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability.
2. A Beach Tail by Karen Williams
How will Gregory find his way back to Dad? Swish-swoosh . . . Gregory draws a lion in the sand. ''Don't go in the water, and don't leave Sandy,'' warns Dad. But the sandy lion grows a tail that gets longer and longer and soon Gregory is lost on the beach. This wonderful read-aloud book brings to life a summer experience that is all too familiar for young children. Karen Williams's rhythmic text has been paired with Floyd Cooper's brilliant illustrations, revealing the trip down the beach entirely from a child's point of view. A gentle father-son bond is shown in both text and art, reassuring young readers even as they share in Greg's moment of worry at finding himself lost and alone.
3. Winnie-the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends—Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore—have endured as the unforgettable creations of A.A. Milne, who wrote this book for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave Pooh and his companions shape.
These characters and their stories are timeless treasures of childhood that continue to speak to all of us with the kind of freshness and heart that distinguishes true storytelling.
"Winnie-the-Pooh is a joy; full of solemn idiocies and the sort of jokes one weeps over helplessly, not even knowing why they are so funny, and with it all the real wit and tenderness which alone could create a priceless little masterpiece." Saturday Review, 1926.
4. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast. The two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner's father, want to force the people to leave Lizzie's island so that Phippsburg can start a lucrative tourist trade there. Turner gets caught up in a spiral of disasters that alter his life-but also lead him to new levels of acceptance and maturity. This sensitively written historical novel, based on the true story of a community's destruction, highlights a unique friendship during a time of change. Author's note.
5. Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz (Author)
Roberto Innocenti (Illustrator)
In wartime Germany, Rose Blanche witnesses the mistreatment of a little boy, and follows the truck that takes him to a camp. Secretly, Rose Blanche brings him and other children food. An excellent book to use not only to teach about the Holocaust, but also about living a life of ethics, compassion, and honesty.--School Library Journal. Full color.
6. The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one of the great children's stories of all time--and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961.
7. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The speaker treats the house as a human. The girl addressed the
house as "she".
Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built." So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1942. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go by, from the first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial lights are so bright that the Little House can no longer see the sun or the moon. She often dreams of "the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight." Finally a woman recognizes her and whisks the Little House back to the country where she belongs, they will rejoice. For generations, young readers have been delighted by the whimsical, detailed drawings and happy ending.
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