Death in childrens literature a study of one of Bibliotekstjänsts bookindex on different themes

Our intention with this work has been to examine if books in one particular subject share the same ideology, or if they contain several different ideologies. We have chosen to study and analyse books that deal with death and grief. We suggest that we will get an idea of how society looks upon death by examine how death is presented in books for young children. We have studied and adopted well-known writers on the topic to give sufficient background to our research. In the main public library of Gothenburg we found the latest bookindex of different themes recommended by Bibliotekstjänst. Under the theme "Death and Grief" in the index there were 29 books presented. Most of those were picture books and therefore we have analysed both pictures and texts in our material. We also wanted to examine if there were descriptions or aspects of death, which were not presented in Bibliotekstjänsts index. Our material was analysed and based on ten external questions that relate to death. Our conclusion was that Bibliotekstjänst has given a fairly narrow picture of death in the available selection of books on the subject. There are some important themes and aspects missing in Bibliotekstjänsts index that we have found in other books. Kandidatuppsatser: abstractUppsatsnivå: