The Postmodern Picture Book

This task begins by defining and reviewing the history of postmodern picture books. It will study the definition of these books and how it combines text, images and para - texts to create stories meaningful to both adults and children. Analysis of the picture book "The Sound in the Park", Anthony Brown will explain how to use texts, images, and imitations; it is also a good example of textuality and nonlinearity. Using Maurice Sendak's postmodern picture book "Where is the wild thing", analyze the attraction of various age groups, in particular the fundamental about the use of design and space.

In post-modern experiments, Goldstone turned to postmodern picture book 'reconstruction of space'. Most traditional picture books use flat two dimensional illustrations, usually occupying the middle, and the text is neatly placed at the bottom of the page, which is usually very far from the illustration ( Goldstone). Instead, The Three Pigs (Wiesner) started like the original story. An omnipotent narrator came out of the page and showed one of the pigs talking for himself. Whisner used similar techniques in many of his books, manipulating the spatial plane and reader-narrator's point of view. The characters in 'The Three Little Pigs' know their story and illustrations and can talk about them just like readers; they are inside and outside the story.

Christopher Butler, in his book "Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction", introduced a number of post-modern ideas related to William Gibson's "The Gernsback Continuum". The narrator experienced a post-modern change - it was forced to reconsider the world he lives in and the meaning of how the media deprives the audience from "the possibilities" and that it lives in a narrow reality Direct understanding William Gibson's "The Gernsback Continuum" focuses on the futuristic utopian ideal expressed through architecture, which has led to the collapse of the reality of the narrator. The trust of the narrator to the real world collapsed. For the narrator, the real world is no longer reliable; the narrator's idea opens up the infinite possibilities of the world around him. In "Dreams", Gerald R. Lucas proposes the fusion of two worlds - it is the possibility and credibility that will occur in the reality of the narrator.

Unlike the illustrated picture book, it shows interpretation of the text and maintains a stable view of the world by showing that we expect to see it as a reader according to the rules. it's simple. Postmodern authors are using nonlinear, interseptual, metafiction, innovation, imitation, irony, and games to challenge normality. Although the use of these functions is not unique, its use is experimentation and innovation and defines picture books. (Goldstone, 2009)