The concept of death in British and American literature

Abstract

"Death" is the eternal theme in literature. The revelation of life and death is the objective pursued by excellent works of all ages. The description of death is often shown in British and American literature. The author achieves the reflection of birth through death in such works. In these works, a kind of works is the most special, and they are death theme in Children's Literature. Readers have high expectations towards authors in writing techniques and pondering description scale are very high. 

Keywords: British and American Literature, Attitude To Death, Children's Literature, Writing Techniques 

Contents 

I. Death Types in Children's Literature 3 

(I) Involuntary life end 3 

(II) Voluntary life end 3 

(III) Naturally-developed death and calmly-confronted end 3 

II. Meaning of Death 4 

(I) Meaning of "death" itself 4 

(II) With death as mainline, target at its meaning 5 

III. Description of "Death" 5 

(I) Death being not horrible 6 

(II) Poetic expression on dying status 7 

(III) Open depiction of world after death 7