Acknowledgements I would like to express may sincere appreciation to some people for their invaluable guidance in preparing and developing this paper.

My most thank to Professor my academic supervisor, for his consistent assistance and generous support throughout the process of writing this paper. Because of his expert criticism and help, I can complete this paper smoothly.43972

I am also very grateful to all the teachers in the English Department of Hangzhou Normal University. During may study, they have imparted me invaluable knowledge and significant skills, which has provided me with a firm basis for the completion of this paper

 Last but not least, I want to thank my parents, who gave me great encourage and support during the process of writing. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my classmates who gave me help and comprehensive.

 Fear of Dying in May Sarton's At Seventy

Abstract May Sarton, whose real name is Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16), is a well-known female writer in America. She has created many literary works, including novels, poems, journeys and so on. Especially in her journey, by recording the real-life experiences, Sarton shows the readers various aspects of her solitary life since her fifties, such as visiting friends, attending poetry reading, cleaning up the garden and taking trips. While in this paper, through the analysis about the experiences of scary dying Sarton writes in At Seventy, and the different statements on the death of her friends, I am going to reveal the relations between aging and dying. Meanwhile I will analyze the active struggle and efforts she takes in face with her own mortality, to conclude the gerontological meaning in At Seventy that May Sarton utilizes writing as a weapon to fight against the fear of aging and dying and thereby enhance the quality of her old life. I also hope that after studying the theme of dying in At Seventy, more and more elderly people will find new connotation in their old life again and then confront aging and dying with detached and calm mentality, which is also the practical meaning of the researches on Sarton’s works. 

Keywords: aging; dying; struggle; gerontology 

梅·萨藤《 70岁日记》中的死亡恐惧

摘要梅•萨藤，原名埃莉诺·玛丽·萨藤 （1912.5.3-1995.7.16），是美国知名的女性作家。她一生创作了许多作品，包括小说`优尔~文[论]文'网www.youerw.com，诗歌和日记。尤其是她的日记，通过记录真实的生活经历，向读者们展示了她独居生活的各个方面，如拜访朋友，参加读诗会，收拾花园，自驾游等等。而本文则是要通过分析她在日记中写下的死亡恐惧体验，以及作者对待朋友的死的不同表述，来揭示衰老与死亡之间的关联，同时也会结合分析她在面对死亡时的积极抗争努力，看到萨藤以书写为主要手段来对抗衰老和死亡恐惧，从而提高自己老年生命质量的老年学意义。本人也希望在分析这本日记中的死亡主题之后，能让更多老年人重新发现老年生活的新意义，以从容，坦然的心态面对衰老和死亡，而这也是研究萨藤作品的实际意义。

毕业论文关键词：衰老；死亡；抗争；老年学意义

 Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Reviewing the Researches on May Sarton 1

1.2 The Purpose and Structure of the Paper 4

2. Dying and Aging 6

2.1 The Definition of Dying 6

2.2 The Relation between "Fear of Dying" and "Aging" 6

3. Sarton's Increments of Fearing Dying in her Aging Life 梅·萨藤《 70岁日记》中的死亡恐惧:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_45100.html