Point of view is the defining feature of narrative because between the story and the reader is the narrator, is the narrator, who shapes what will be told and how it will be perceived/
EXAMINE how narrative point of view shapes story and significance in TWO of the following texts: David Almond-Fire eaters; Ursula Dubosarsky – The red shoe; Phillip Reeve – Mortal Engines

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Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
• Have gained a broad overview of kinds of children’s literature, from a child’s first books to ‘young adult’ literature
• Understand a range of concepts employed in discussing and analysing children’s literature, such as ideology, notions of childhood and adolescence, gender, and concepts derived from schema theory and theories of visual representation
• Understand some aspects of literary theory currently used in discussions of children’s literature, such as narrative theory, metafiction, intertextuality, and theoretical discussions of genre
• Have attained a conceptual language with which to discuss children’s literature and a level of visual, verbal and critical literacy
• Be able to critically examine the uses of children’s literature, with particular reference to social issues, subjectivity and the place of books in the socialisation and enculturation of children and adolescents