A Study of Death Poem of Song Dynasty

• Main Authors: Kuo-Chih Ding, 丁國智
• Other Authors: Wen- hua Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88025278515481129913

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 中國文學系碩士班 === 98 === In life, death is always close to us. Since ancient time, people have been used a verity of ways to express their thoughts and feelings to death. Thus, in the history of Chinese poetry, it is not uncommon for poets to anticipate and describe the imagination of their own death by “death poems”. Although “death poems” is an important intermediary that connects thanatology and poetry, this field is not very popular yet. Hence, this article will focus on the research of death poem in Song Dynasty. In chapter one, I will define death poem, analyze pervious essays , elaborate the motivation of this research, and set up the research method. Chapter two will be the discourse of the development of death poem is prior to the Song Dynasty. Chapter three will include the discussion of construction of the death poem and how these factors influence the form of poem. Chapter four will shift a focus to the traditional or religious theories that help people overcome the fear of death. In chapter five, I will go forward and talk about the artistry of death poem form the rhetoric point of view. And chapter six is a conclusion.