Ordering the Chaos: Teaching Metafictive Characteristics of Children's Books

Discusses a need for "post picture books" (which do not contain an orderly progression of story elements) to be evaluated and understood using different criteria. Considers how literary theory provides a structure for ordering the chaos. Discusses how new metafictive books reflect new lite...

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Published in:	Journal of children's literature Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 48
Main Author:	Goldstone, Bette P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Children's Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, The Ohio State University, School of Teaching and Learning 1998
Subjects:	Childrens Literature Elementary Education Literary Theory Metafiction Picture Books Reader Text Relationship Text Structure Theory Practice Relationship
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Summary:	Discusses a need for "post picture books" (which do not contain an orderly progression of story elements) to be evaluated and understood using different criteria. Considers how literary theory provides a structure for ordering the chaos. Discusses how new metafictive books reflect new literary codes and a new dynamic reading process of co-authoring (SC)
ISSN:	1521-7779