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Jan 2, 2018 · Abstract. This paper considers how death and dying are presented in literature. A wide range of texts, principally but not exclusively from the English language tradition, is used to illustrate themes. Broad categories are suggested for the study of death: some authors give personal accounts of their impending death or their sense of ...
- John Skelton
- 2003
viii Death in Literature on suffering and the drama often ends in the premature death of the tragic hero combined with the development of some kind of self-recognition. In tragedy the meaningful existence of the hero is paradoxically created by his death Literature offers insights into death, dying and mortality in multiple ways.
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Aug 19, 2012 · In poetry, fiction, and drama, death is seen as a central theme that gives way to other themes ranging from justice to rites of passage to grief. Death is a crucial fact of life, and from the emotional response to death to the various religious frameworks through which it is interpreted, it is obvious why death is used as a theme in literature ...
The book tackles the challenging theme of death as seen through the lens of literature and its connections with history, the visual arts, anthropology, philosophy and other fields in humanities. It searches for answers to three questions: what can we know about death; how is death socialised; and how and for which purposes is death aesthetically shaped?
May 1, 2003 · Death and dying are certainly an enduring theme in works of fiction (Skelton 2003). In a recent collection of essays, Outi Hakola and Sari Kivistö summarise that death is 'more than a physical or ...
Oct 22, 2019 · Horror literature is a genre dedicated to the task of evoking extreme fear, sometimes modulated by disgust (Clasen, 2017). Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, demons, knife-wielding psychopaths, and malignant forces lurking in the hearts of humans—these are the standard dramatis personae of horror.
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Oct 22, 2019 · Abstract People worry a lot about death—about how to avoid it, of course, but. also how to think about it. As they develop cognitiv ely from the onset of. conscious awareness in early childhood ...
