Death in Literature
Outi Hakola, Sari Kivistö
Death is an inevitable, yet mysterious event. Fiction is one way to imagine and gain knowledge of death. Death is very useful to literature, as it creates plot twists, suspense, mysteries, and emotional effects in narrations. But more importantly, stories about death seem to have an existential importance to our lives. Stories provide fictional encounters with death and give meaning for both death and life. Thus, death is more than a physical or psychological experience in literature; it also...
Anno:
2014
Edizione:
1
Casa editrice:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
314
ISBN 10:
144385994X
ISBN 13:
9781443859943
File:
PDF, 1.50 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2014