Background
Hettinga, Donald Roy was born on November 7, 1953 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Roy and Marjorie (Battjes) Hettinga.
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Must a folktale be connected to its culture? Can a tale with universal applications be transmitted from one culture to another without loss? Does a teller from one culture have the ability--or even the right--to relate a tale from another culture? What happens to a tale when it leaves the oral and adult arenas and appears in print for children? Is it legitimate for a reteller to create variants to suit a child audience? Children's literature is today the major conduit for folklore, and professionals in the field must consider these questions. Editors Gary Schmidt and Donald Hettinga have brought together twenty-three writers of children's literature, illustrators, storytellers, and literary critics, who explore the issues and offer their experiences and views. The scope of the volume is the North American folktale, a rich amalgam of four major distinct traditions: the Native American folktale, the African American folktale, the retold Western European folktale, and the American tall tale. Each tradition is separately presented with an introductory survey and a selection of essays by the writers and critics. This focused collection will be valuable to scholars and professions in folklore, anthropology, American literature, and children's literature and useful also as a text in courses on children's literature and folklore.
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Good writing "doesn't just happen," say the authors. It takes work and a basic understanding of rhetorical situations. "Whatever our goals, we want readers to be affected by our writing," they assert. "The work of writing clarifies who we are in relation to both God and the world about us." In the World equips readers to become better writers. It also introduces quality writing with over forty classic and contemporary selections from numerous writers, including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, John Donne, Henri Nouwen, Walter Wangerin Jr., and Charles Darwin. This second edition contains a completely updated and revised rhetoric section and added contemporary essays that represent a broad range of ethnicity, gender, and point of view.
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Children everywhere are familiar with the fairy-tale world of the Brothers Grimm, who made once upon a time” a part of our universal vocabularybut few people know much about the brothers themselves. Inspired by their desire to document their national literary heritage, the two devoted brothers spent most of their adult years collecting and publishing German Märchen and Sagen, fairy tales and legends. This thorough and compelling biography addresses the social, political, and historical influences that shaped the lives and stories of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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Hettinga, Donald Roy was born on November 7, 1953 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Roy and Marjorie (Battjes) Hettinga.
Bachelor, Calvin College, 1976; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1983.
Instructor, Grand Valley State College, Allendale, Michigan, 1981-1983; assistant professor, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1983-1987; associate professor, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, 1987-1989; professor, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, since 1990.
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( Children everywhere are familiar with the fairy-tale wo...)
(Good writing "doesn't just happen," say the authors. It t...)
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Consultant Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities, 1984-1985. Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Conference on Christianity and Literature.
Married Kimberly Ann Gilmore, August 27, 1977. Children: Caitlin, Zane, Dylan.