Rachel Sutton-Spence, Michiko Kaneko

Introducing Sign Language Literature

Folklore and Creativity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing Sign Language Literature: Folklore and Creativity is the first textbook dedicated to analyzing and appreciating sign language storytelling, poetry and humour. The authors assume no prior knowledge of sign language or literary studies, introducing readers to a world of visual language creativity in deaf communities. Introducing Sign Language Literature: Folklore and Creativity . Explains in straightforward terms the unique features of this embodied language art form . Draws on an online anthology of over 150 sign language stories, poems and jokes . Suggests ways of analysing and appreciating the rich artistic heritage of deaf communities Watch a short video about the book

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic / Macmillan Education
• 2016 edition
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9781137363817
• ISBN-10: 1137363819
• Artikelnr.: 44384953

Autorenporträt

Rachel Sutton-Spence is a lecturer in Sign Language Studies at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is Sign Language Literature?
2. Sign Language Literature in Context
3. Oral Literature and Performance
4. Folklore and Deaflore
5. Story Types
6. Storytelling Techniques
7. Anthropomorphism
8. Beginnings and Endings
9. Plots, Protagonists, Subjects and Themes
10. Metaphor
11. Prose and Poetry
12. Neologism and Ambiguity
13. Repetition
14. Handshape
15. Use of Signing Space
16. Symmetry and Balance
17. Nonmanual Features
18. Deaf Humour and Sign Language Humour
19. Style in Signed Art Forms
20. Conclusion.