Kathaleen
McDonald
Dr.
Wielgos
Senior
Seminar
19 October 2017
Paper Proposal
The original work that I chose to
further expand upon is a paper I wrote for my Sign Language II class last
semester. In this paper, I discuss how the character Hawkeye (from The
Avengers) has become a figure in Deaf culture. I further discuss how I believe
Hawkeye is not a very good example of a Deaf role model, and explain how there
are better Deaf role models in main stream media today.
To further expand on this paper, I
plan to discuss the emergence of Deafness into mainstream culture, by
identifying key events and people that helped bring Deafness into the main
stream. I would also talk about the effect and popularity of Deaf culture in
today’s world. I would also like to discuss the underrepresentation of Deafness
in literature, especially young adult literature.
For the digital aspect, I plan to
include hyperlinks to videos I find relevant and important to the topics I will
discuss. I also plan to include videos of myself or others signing important terms
that are discussed in my paper. I think this will enhance the relatability and
understanding of my paper, since there will be more connections to the outside
world, not just my piece of writing.
As for my research, I plan to study
how disabilities are represented in literature, and how that has changed. There
is not much literature about being Deaf or Deafness, so I plan to take the
ideas of disabilities literature and expand them to include Deafness. I will
also research how Deafness in main stream media has changed, and if it corresponds
at all to hearing people learning sign language.
As for my faculty advisor, I asked Dr.
Letcher if he could help me. We have had a few conversations on the underrepresentation
of Deaf characters in young adult literature, and he has offered to help me
with this project, especially in his knowledge of disabilities literature. I also
plan on asking Dr. Philippian for assistance as well, since he has done work in
disabilities literature before.
Kathaleen, we have talked about this project and I am excited for how this will develop and turn out. We will want to address the digital tools that you will use as you adapt the project mult-modally. Remember, 8-10 scholarly sources and about 12-15 written pages of work, give or take.
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