Literature of the U.S. Deaf Community - ASL 225 at Northern Virginia Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/nova/courses/ASL225-LiteratureoftheUSDeafCommunity
Effective: 2023-01-01
Course Description
Presents an overview of literary aspects common in the U.S. Deaf Community, including those forms written in English and those forms signed in ASL. Incorporates the recurring themes and metaphors in the context of the history of the U.S. Deaf Community.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
This course is designed to Introduce advanced-level American Sign Language (ASL) students to the similarities between signed languages and spoken languages by exploring literary and cultural components of English and ASL.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisites: ASL 201 and ASL 220
Course Objectives
- Critical Thinking
- Distinguish forms of literature unique to the U.S. Deaf Community
- Correlate literary forms found in ASL and spoken languages
- Integrate cultural understanding with recurring themes and metaphors in literature common in the U.S. Deaf Community
- Communication
- Present parallels between literary forms found in ASL and those found in spoken languages
- 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
- Literary forms unique to ASL.
- Recurring themes in Deaf literature
- Literature of oral-only cultures