Strategies for demistification of death through albums and illustrated books for children

Authors

  • Javier Ignacio Arnal Gil
  • Xabier Etxaniz Erle
  • José Manuel López Gaseni

Keywords:

death, demystification, children's literature

Abstract

Albums and illustrated books for children have begun to approach with naturality the death as a subject.
Over the last years it has been published a significant (though not large) amount of children's literary works that are capable of counteracting the psychological stress and anxiety caused on the young reader by the loss of a beloved being, or by the awareness of our own finitude. In this paper we have discussed 57 of these works, paying particular attention to the resources used by the authors when it comes to provide the child with an optimistic message, or at least not so dark one, about the end of the life. To sum up, 57 albums and ¡llustrated books that could serve to demystify the fact of death.

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Published

2014-06-18

Issue

No. 12 (2014)

Section

Artículos

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Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil has been published in open access from 2019 (vol. 17). The journal allows the authors to retain publishing rights. Authors may reprint their articles in other media without having to request authorization, provided they indicate that the article was originally published in Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. The journal holds the copyright of printed issues (volumes 0-16).