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Death or dying is an inevitable part of life and appropriate literature can help children learn about and deal with it. Sharing grief through the reading of well written stories is an important coping strategy that promotes both individual healing and a sense of connection with other struggling, suffering people. Children’s literature since the 1970s has provided a variety of sensitively written storybooks on death and dying. Newbery Medal winners such as Missing May (1992) and Out of the Dust (1997) focus on death and dying as a main theme, and The Bridge to Terabithia (1977) and Kira-Kira (2004) incorporate the issue of death as part of the plot. These four fictions describe the impact of the death of a mother, a sister, and a friend on the main characters and the painful process of their recovery from these distressing experiences. The healing properties of these novels effectively aid young readers to cope with current and potential problems related to death and dying. Therefore these quality literary works can be used for both artistic and therapeutic purposes for the young readers. Understanding and empathizing with the characters in the well written stories can provide insight for human feelings and the momentum for spiritual growth.

목차

I. 아동문학에 나타난 죽음의 모티프
 II. 죽음의 충격과 책 치유
 III. 뉴베리상 수상작에 나타난 죽음과 치유와 성장의 과정 분석
 IV. 아동문학을 활용한 치유의 가능성
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저자

• 김덕규 [ Kim, Duck Kyu | 춘천교육대학교 ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810