“Eyeth: A Novel for the Deaf”
Title | “Eyeth: A Novel for the Deaf” |
Year for Search | 2013 |
Authors | Young, Kelsey [M.] |
Pagination | 279 pp. with the author’s Introduction on 5-34 |
Date Published | 2013 |
Publisher | Gallaudet University |
Place Published | Washington, DC |
Keywords | Deaf author, Female author, US author |
Annotation | The following is from the author’s abstract. The novel “focuses on a wide range of deaf people involved in intra-deafcentric conflicts; deaf sub-groups include a range of communication preferences (speaking, cued speech, signing) as well as multiple physical differences (deaf blind, cerebral palsy, wheelchair users) though not ethnic diversity. A critical introduction to the novel explains that science fiction allows the creation of a world that does not exist as a real physical place and allows exploration of intra group issues that a mainstream context of oppression of all deaf people obscures. The introduction also relates a discussion of the countries on Eyeth to colonialism and post-colonialism theory to provide a framework to the reader for the subsequent analysis of how Eyeth uses but also subverts colonialist thinking through characters' actions. The novel itself is about a young man, Virgil G, training under the tutelage of the current Guardian of Eyeth, Shawn Wright, who ensures Eyeth doesn't stray from its original goals of being a deaf world.” |
Info Notes | The author’s Introduction is on 5-34. A List of Characters is on 35-38 and a List of Eyeth Continents and Countries in Americana is on 39-41. |
Holding Institutions | Non-circulating at Gallaudet University Library, but the text is available online through the library catalog. |
Author Note | Deaf female author |
Full Text | 2013 Young, Kelsey [M.]. “Eyeth: A Novel for the Deaf.” Senior honors thesis. Gallaudet University. 279 pp. with the author’s Introduction on 5-34, a List of Characters on 35-38, and a List of Eyeth Continents and Countries in Americana on 39-41. Non-circulating at Gallaudet University Library, but the text is available online through the library catalog. The following is from the author’s abstract. The novel “focuses on a wide range of deaf people involved in intra-deafcentric conflicts; deaf sub-groups include a range of communication preferences (speaking, cued speech, signing) as well as multiple physical differences (deaf blind, cerebral palsy, wheelchair users) though not ethnic diversity. A critical introduction to the novel explains that science fiction allows the creation of a world that does not exist as a real physical place and allows exploration of intra group issues that a mainstream context of oppression of all deaf people obscures. The introduction also relates a discussion of the countries on Eyeth to colonialism and post-colonialism theory to provide a framework to the reader for the subsequent analysis of how Eyeth uses but also subverts colonialist thinking through characters' actions. The novel itself is about a young man, Virgil G, training under the tutelage of the current Guardian of Eyeth, Shawn Wright, who ensures Eyeth doesn't stray from its original goals of being a deaf world.” Deaf female author. |