Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Dunn, Patricia A | Pfeiffer, Douglas S
Date
2014-12-01
Keywords
Disability, Disability studies, Handicapism, Mental disability, Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Literature
Department
Department of English.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77571
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
In this thesis, I examine two novels that feature characters with disabilities and that are often taught in secondary English classes. These texts will be analyzed through a disability studies perspective - a form of analysis that is not often taught in schools. The disability studies perspective involves looking at disability in a critical light and examining the social, cultural, and political ramifications of assumptions that are made about those considered to be " disabled" by the able-bodied majority. Using this lens, I will explore the assumptions about disability that seem to be represented in these works through their use of language, and how teachers can approach disability in literature in a way that will encourage their students to be conscious of harmful depictions of people with disabilities and to be aware of their own use of language and how it contributes to the many constructions of disability. | 42 pages
Recommended Citation
McCabe, Lyndsay L., "Representations of Disability in Of Mice and Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Avoiding Handicapism in the Classroom" (2014). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 3371.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/3371