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IR 001 514 the Treatment of Death in Contemporary Children's 77P DOCUMENT RESUME ED 101 664 IR 001 514 AUTHOR Romero, Carol E. TITLE The Treatment of Death in ContemporaryChildren's Literature. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 77p.; Master's thesis, Long Island University EDRS PRICE MP-$0.76 HC-$4.43 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; Childhood Attitudes; Child Psychology; *Childrens Books; *Content Analysis; *Death; Historical Reviews; Literary Analysis; Literary Criticism; Masters Theses; *Psychological Patterns; Realism; Social Attitudes; Social Values; *Sociocultural Patterns; Twentieth Century Literature ABSTRACT In order to evaluate the treatment ofdeath in children's literature, and to compile a bibliography of booksrelated to this theme, four areas of a child'srelation to death were explored. The first area of investigation was of conceptsof death evidenced at the child's various developmental stages, asdocumented in numerous psychological studies. The second areastudied was the various reactions to death which a child mightdisplay. The third area discussed was the culturalattitudes of present day American society toward death, wiyh special emphasis on howthese attitudes influence the child's conception of death. Lastly, areview was made of American children's literature from colonialtimes to the present, noting the treatment of death as a reflection ofthe cultural values of each era. Twenty-two books ofjuvenile fiction, for children up to age 12, were evaluated in termsof their treatment of death as a major theme. Most of the books were found tobe of outstanding value in acquainting the young child withwholesome death concepts, were psychologically valid, and complied with accepted socialattitudes toward the subject. (Author/SL) BEST COPY AVAILABLE .,RA''!U4 T.T.LIPP HY .7tO LON1 I 1.d'7D It! -RS ZT'-' TT T7(1"11" OF Dril" Tr'rlOP.Ity CI! Irt.PP"' 15 Lrt-RATuRr BY CAROL F RO'SRO A R: SUB IT DD VT: FA 7ULTY OF 7.1r. GRA DUA TrLIBRARY SCHOOL IN RTIA L F ULFI LIPRI NT OF THY RF1UI RFv.17.: TS FOR THY 1)F.-:REI.OF l'4,13TFR OF SCIFNCE RRO;KvILI F,t' 1974 U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION I H.% 1101 tPNI N! 410.III IN REPRO ILIA FO I xAc TLY A. Wf (I 'VI D T WOM 1,11 Pt WSON ON ORt.ANI/AT.ONOW,r,IN At sNr, t T POiNT% VII W OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NI (ISSAWIt Y RE Pitt SF kit tI Af NA t.ONAf INSTITUTE 01 f OUCATION POSITION OR POt e BEST COPY. AVAILABLE triSTIAIT OF MASTFRIS ki:NRT Romero, Cnrol r. "The Ti;va.trant of Death in Contornorary Chiliren's Literature." Unpublished Master's Report, Nlreer nreduate Library School, Long Island University, Prodkville, row York, 1974. 74 np. The introduction of death es the theme of contemnorary children's literatirc has raised mlestions of its validity and wholesomeness. The purnose of this study was to evaluate the treatmentof death in children's literature, end to cowpile a bibliograehy of books reltrAd to this theme. In order to como"e4e this stud., four ar.as of a child'srelation to death were emlorwi. The first area of investigation was of concepts of deathevidenced at the child's various developmental stales, as documentedin numerous imsym ohological studies. Images of death revealed by the childfrom infancy to adolescence were detailed, with a brief outline of the more prominent cons. cepts common to each store of development. The second artql of study, also psychological in character, outlined the various reactions to death a child may display,exnlorin resnorses cor-,on to specific death events, as.well as more-meneral reactions. The third area disclssed the cultural attitudes of presentday Amer- ican 'eclat toward death, with snecial erphAsis on howthese attitudes influence the child's contents of death. A atm7 of death-fear,funeral rractices and cultural traditions, among other tonics,nrovided a bread viow of attitudes to death found in v'estern society today. The last area of invrstintion was a review of Americanchildren's literature fro- nolonial tiles to the nresont, outliningthe treatment of death in the literature of the several eras, snlexploring how this lit- erature reflected the cultural attitudes of eachperiod. Twenty .two becks of Juvenile fiction were evallated iterms of their troatnent of death. The books were selected frog abroad range of literature, and included picture books for the youngest readers, aswP11 as more nature stories for the interneliate reader, un to amp twelve.Only those books in which the death them played a prominent role were used,that is, stories which dealt entirely with death as the motif, orwhere death strongly in- fluenced the plot and/or the characters. These storiesfocused on various tyres of death a child mayencounter, and included animal stories, as well an pnrent, grandparent, and child deaths. In addition, one book inten7,ed to br an information book on the biologicaland cultural aspects of death was evaluated, antwo books designed as stimuli for parent-childdis- cus3ion were rnviewed. value in acquainting . "est of the books were found to be of outstanding the young- Ihild with wholesome death concepts, werensycholoical'y !voided Pttitildes deeree undesirable to the chill'sunderstanding of drbath. T"ese books nrovided a valuablebiblie;:marh for those interested in t$10 8,Ab1ect of death ad the chi' d,slg-stirr! readin' material that can be of mreaz, benefit in ieveloninr, a chile's attituevto ,:oath. Submit: nmnw'ilor,r 21, rdvisor, Ihristine "Albert IITRONICT :,%1 BEST COPY AVAILAIllt In rment years society has shown anincreasing awareness of the need for racing life's problemsfrankly and candidly. !;arty matters o;:ce ignored or considered to btu in bad tante are newsuoken of freel7. Divorce, abortion, physical ani lundicaps me now familiar tonics, realism in society end ere legit withonenly and candidly. This tronl to has inevitably been reflected inchiliron's literature as adultshave sought to share their concerns withthe child. 7ociety's current ,re- occupation with the subject of deathhas recently been reflected in children's literature, and it isthat asnect of literature this rercrt examines. Ngychologists encourage freedigicussion of death, both to pre death is Dare the child forthis reality anto help him to reali2c that simply another rart of life. Thisstudy hopes to determine if contempor- valid views of death to ary chil'ren'sliterature succeeds in presenting to the chill in a mannerhe can appreciate and understand. A surrary of children'sviews of death, as documented bysocio- logical and psychological research,provides determination of death con- certs literature miOit beexpected to refute or to support.An eval- uation of the social attitudeswhich influence literature hasbeen made. A historical reviel? of thetreatment of death in Americanliterature provides a study of this themein chil!ren's literature throughthe years, err! RivesinsiOt into the social attitudesthat promotedthis literatlro. Thr rPlationshin of cu r'ntlitoreture to elthoritettirerrsc,arch hes be-n exarin0d, the literatureboing li,nitP1 to books of the nrp. adolescent, strensinf, hocksnubl'sW within the last few years, 7.1n. various foolsin. on 910 SP boz.)!ts in 14'11.01dfath is the -e-v:rn1 tee -T. The BES1COPY.AVAILABLE eerrosches to death t these bvoka %avr ba etwlied,with an ovaluntion of their relevancy to the ohildleneds, and teattnr theirwholtamennes, alvronriatonesr, and honesty. It wasnot the puma° of this reoorttt: aoceptabiltty of this serve as a forum orthe nrols am! colts of the literatIro, but rather to nrovide aview of what literatttre isavail- able, ani a JARenent of itsvalue tohe child in terms of thesocio- loyicrl rnd rsvcpolottical trtthsof our society. TyrMILD'S exn,r, OF lrfatt BEST COPY AVAILABLE nefinitive studies of death as understood by children have ben mde by snveral authorities during the lest few dPoades. In order to judfte the validity of the treatment of death in contemporary.chileren's literature, it is necessary to become familiar with these studies and their rnsults. what are the concepts of death as evidenced in this re- serrch; at what age does death-aworeness begin; and how do chWree at various developmental levels view death? Little research into the child's comprehension of death was carried out durine the early years of nsychiatrY. Freudhimself be- lieved that children hal little.concern with or fear of death,seeing it as little more than a tourney. Ile believed that anyfears the child might reveal appeared only luring the Oedipal stage ofdevelopment, (sees 5 - A), and were the product of an unresolved Oedipus complex. However, further study has not supnorted this theory, with thanata- 1 phobia (fear of death) evidenced as acrd as tho third year. The earliest documented research, by Paul Sahilder and David Wechsler, re- 2 ported in The Journal of GeneticPsycholoiy,in 1934, explored the child's reactions to death. This stud7 utilized7.3 chillren, magirr in ago fro,Y1 5 to 15, who were tested through means ofdirect observa- tion of play, spontaneous stories, and directquesticning. The conclu- sirin was drawn that children deal with deathrealistically, in a matter-of-feet way; and although they do not want to die,rarely do th.:7 exnr,,ss a fear of ying. This renort else.,established that child- rep nften sea death as theresult of derrivetion or agPresAon. book T,le T.lis- 71,7111 t-tliony°- work, 110-ob..... *a. ...ram 3 cover of Death in 1940, was the mostcomplete study of tts BEST COPY AVAILABLE enthony workin in feeland in 193P - 1940with children need 3 13, tested b' drawings anA story completion,an} used parental written acnounts of arry coonteneoustntoreot in death oviAeaced bythe child. This veseareh demonstrated that theasp ild plusses through etre= of awareneee of death, rangingfro" complete ignoranee, throuehdean.' itien cf death in logical andbiological term, to a rat ere causal- leeicel explantion.
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