DEAF 402 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Hearing Loss, Deaf Culture, Deaf American
DEAF 402
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Notes
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- Introductions
o Your name
o Your hometown (where you are from)
o Your major concentration and goals
o Something interesting or random about yourself
- What is literature?
o Analysis, easy access, language, pictures, films, culture, identity, books, poems,
stories, history, perspectives, human condition, oppression, deaf experiences, deaf
community, anything about emotions, reading, writing, changes with how it is
expressed, cultural influence, words used to express, physical forms, forms of
expression and communication, record or documentation, etc.
o Latin, litera, littera = alphabetic signs or letters
o Latin literatura, litteratura = writings formed with letters
o Writing has more value than the oral part
o Traditional Definition of Literature
▪ Literature has traditionally “been defines as writings in prose or verse, as a
body of written works, and as printed matter. If we look at the ASL
component of Deaf American Literature and its traditional forms,
however, we must either stop calling it literature or reconsider our
definition” (Peters, 2000) p. 17).
o Modern Definition of Literature
▪ In a more modern sense, literature “’means not only what is written but
what is voiced, what is expressed, what is invented, in whatever form’ – in
which case maps, sermons, comic strips, cartoons, speeches, photographs,
movies, war memorials, and music all huddle beneath the literary
umbrella” (Krystal, 20114, p. 89).
- Deaf American Literature
o Consists of literary works and productions created by Deaf people, including
those who used ASL, those who write in English, and those who consciously or
unconsciously mix the vernacular tradition in ASL with the literacy tradition in
English (Peters, 2000, p. 3).
o Deaf Literature vs. ASL Literature
▪ Deaf Lit
• Deaf people, deaf experience
• Written literature
• English literary works and hybrid works in written format
▪ ASL Lit
• Signed literature
• ASL literary works and hybrid works in signed format
- Literature about Deaf People
o Hearing people thought of this
o Composed of literary works and productions developed by hearing people that are
somehow related to the Deaf community
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o Deaf in Literature vs. ASL in Literature
▪ Deaf in Lit
• Written by writers who are Deaf and Hard of Heating that reveals
their experiences with deafness
▪ ASL in Lit
• Stories are preserved and passed down from generation to
generation by the act of signed storytelling instead of spoken or
written down
- Requirements and Expectations
o Everything need to know is in syllabus
o No final exam
o Everything is turned in and completed on Canvas
o Quizzes/assignments due at 9 am the day the schedule says it is due
o Don’t have to come the day before Thanksgiving, but she will be here if you want
to discuss anything
o Last class Dec. 6th and last writing assignment due Dec. 8th
- Common Patterns of Hearing Authors
o 19th and 20th century stories with Deaf characters written by Hearing people in
Angels and Outcasts
▪ Representations of the deaf characters
▪ Idealizations of the deaf characters
▪ Misconceptions and ignorance of Deaf people and the Deaf experience
▪ Exaggeration of abilities in the deaf characters
▪ Portrayals of loneliness and isolation among the deaf characters
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Document Summary
Introductions: your name, your hometown (where you are from, your major concentration and goals, something interesting or random about yourself. If we look at the asl component of deaf american literature and its traditional forms, however, we must either stop calling it literature or reconsider our definition (peters, 2000) p. 17): modern definition of literature. Common patterns of hearing authors: 19th and 20th century stories with deaf characters written by hearing people in. Homework: angels and outcasts part 1 pages 57-134, doctor marigold , mumu , the deaf mute . Johnny belinda vs. pierre and camille (written in 1844 by alfred de musett: common themes seen. 56 from a & o: other hearing characters, other similarities or differences, both movie and book used same book from french man abbe de l"eppe, challenged the systematic thinking (limited possibilities for the. Deaf in the areas of language and education)
