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Chapter 3
Picture Books
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
09/02/2013

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What are some things that pull readers into books?
Definition
1. Characters
2. Plot
3. Setting
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Round character
Definition
characters that grow and change.
Term
Anthropomorphism
Definition
the attributions of human characteristics or behavior to an animal or object.
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Continuous narrative
Definition
action is depicted through the repeated picturing of the character in different places or motions all within the same illustration. This quickly establishes characters' personalities.
Term
POV
Definition
the mind through which the writer chooses to tell the story through.
1. First person POV
2. Objective POV
3. Omniscient POV
4. Dual POV
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Style
Definition
lies in the nuances of possible meanings and pleasure of language along with the visual elements created through artistic styles and media and the elements of design.
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Tone
Definition
in a picturebook is generally an overall feeling, frequently an emotional response created through the story's resolution.
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Intertextuality
Definition
how books relate to one another.
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Gerard Genette's trantextuality
Definition
the connections within and across texts.
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Paratext or peritext
Definition
includes features such as the dust jacket, casings, and endpapers.
Term
Dust jackers or endpapers
Definition
are coded with meaning through color, design, or a sample illustration to foreground the action to come in the story or the personality of the main character.
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Who introduced full-color illustrations?
Definition
Randolph Caldecott in the 1800s, which set in motion a process of continual change and innovation in children's picturebooks.
Term
When was the Caldecott Medal introduced?
Definition
in 1938, it is an honor for the most distinguished American picturebook, institutionalizing the growing importance of illustration and encouraging the unique role picturebooks play.
Term
Picturebook
Definition
is currently used to recognize the union of text and art that results in something more when these elements are combined.
Term
Illustrated book
Definition
books that are primarily words, with illustration merely serving to confirm or illuminate the verbal text. They have a pictorial dust jacket, a cover picture, a frontispiece, and few pictures scattered within the book.
Term
Contemporary picturebooks
Definition
their meaning is dependent not only on the words but also the illustrations.
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Parallel story telling
Definition
both the text and illustration tell essentially the same story, may even depict what the text is implying.
Term
How many stories do picturebooks contain?
Definition
At least three:
1. The words
2. The pictures
3. The combo
Term
Wordless picturebooks
Definition
in which the meaning lies completely with the illustration.
Term
Word/image interaction
Definition
a spectrum developed by Maria Nikolajeva and Carole Scott.
1. Symmetrical interaction
2. Enhancing interaction
3. Complementary
4. Counterpointing interaction
5. Contradictory interaction
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Symmetrical interaction
Definition
words and pictures tell the same story using different forms of communication.
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Enhancing interaction
Definition
pictures add to the meaning of the words, or the words elaborate the picture for a more complex dynamic.
Term
Complementary
Definition
if there is significant enhancement.
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Counterpointing interaction
Definition
develops when words and images present differing information that together creates a new dynamic.
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Contradictory interaction
Definition
challenges the reader to mediate between the words and pictures to understand what is being communicated.
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