ASL 225 - Literature of the U.S. Deaf Community at Reynolds Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2019-08-01
Presents an overviews of various aspects of literature common in the U.S. Deaf Community, including those forms written in English and those forms signed in ASL. Applies the recurring themes and metaphors in the context of the history of the U.S. Deaf Community.
Lecture 3-4 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits
General Course Purpose
To introduce advanced-level ASL students to the similarities between signed languages and spoken languages in general by exploring some literary and cultural components of English and ASL.
Course Objectives
- Identify and discuss the forms of literature unique to the U.S. Deaf Community;
- Present parallels between literary forms found in ASL and those found in spoken languages;
- Discuss recurring themes in literature common in the U.S. Deaf Community; and
- Present parallels between signed literature in the U.S. Deaf Community and forms of literature in cultures with oral-only (no written system of) language.
Major Topics to be Included
- Survey of literary forms unique to the U.S. Deaf Community
- Written literary forms common in the U.S. Deaf Community
- Parallel between literary forms found in ASL and spoken languages
- Recurring themes in literature common in the U.S. Deaf Community
- Parallel between literature in ASL and forms in cultures with oral-only (no written system) language