DEAF 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hearing Loss, Panera Bread, Oralism
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Deaf Poems
“On His Deafness” – Robert F. Panera
- Point of the Poem
o With education anything is possible
- Connection of the Language Usage/Structure with the Meaning
o “Thrill”
o Hearing perspective
- Challenges/Issues
o Challenged with expectations of society and education
- Use of Defiance
o Empowering himself through education
“Larynx” – Christopher Heuer
- Point of the Poem
o Deaf experience with oralism and not being able to speak (what happens when he
tries to speak)
- Connection of the Language Usage/Structure with the Meaning
o Animalistic views
o Bullied
o Hearing perspective when talking about cutting off someone’s ear
- Challenges/Issues
o Challenged with what he wants to do and what he is expected to do
o Challenged with his identity
- Use of Defiance
o Payback for what the hearing world made him go through
“Solo Dining While Growing Up” – Curtis Robins
- Point of the Poem
o The poem describes what dinner is like for the Deaf individual and he feels left
out because there is no conversation with him
- Connection of the Language Usage/Structure with the Meaning
o Uses his words to describe his loneliness
o Rhythm and repeating words/phrases
- Challenges/Issues
o Challenge in communicating and staying connected with family
o Dinner Table Syndrome
- Use of Defiance
o Letting himself be cut off by family
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Document Summary
Deaf poems: with education anything is possible. Connection of the language usage/structure with the meaning: thrill , hearing perspective. Challenges/issues: challenged with expectations of society and education. Use of defiance: empowering himself through education. Point of the poem: deaf experience with oralism and not being able to speak (what happens when he tries to speak) Connection of the language usage/structure with the meaning: animalistic views, bullied, hearing perspective when talking about cutting off someone"s ear. Challenges/issues: challenged with what he wants to do and what he is expected to do, challenged with his identity. Use of defiance: payback for what the hearing world made him go through. Solo dining while growing up curtis robins. Point of the poem: the poem describes what dinner is like for the deaf individual and he feels left out because there is no conversation with him. Connection of the language usage/structure with the meaning: uses his words to describe his loneliness, rhythm and repeating words/phrases.
