1996 ASL Literature Conference Keynote Presentation by Dr. Clayton Valli
Summary by Dr. Karen Christie. In this keynote presentation, "Nurturing ASL Literature in Its Own Time," Dr. Clayton Valli shares the findings of his dissertation research on ASL poetics. He provides examples of various types of rhyme schemes found in ASL poetry and describes how meters and lines are analyzed. He performs his poem, COW AND ROOSTER, using it to illustrate handshape rhymes and the stressed and unstressed syllables of ASL signs that create metered lines. Valli closes his presentation encouraging future generations to delve into ASL poetics. Visual description: Vallii has short gray hair and a mustache. He is wearing a black mock turtleneck and a mixed gray and black sweater over it with dark gray slacks. He is on stage in front of a black background. For more information, please go to the Deaf Studies Archive finding aid link URL: https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/2/resources/852 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND You can download the video and share it with others as long as you credit us, but you cannot change them in any way or use them commercially. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd... "This project is supported by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." https://www.clir.org/2018/01/clir-ann...
Summary by Dr. Karen Christie. In this keynote presentation, "Nurturing ASL Literature in Its Own Time," Dr. Clayton Valli shares the findings of his dissertation research on ASL poetics. He provides examples of various types of rhyme schemes found in ASL poetry and describes how meters and lines are analyzed. He performs his poem, COW AND ROOSTER, using it to illustrate handshape rhymes and the stressed and unstressed syllables of ASL signs that create metered lines. Valli closes his presentation encouraging future generations to delve into ASL poetics. Visual description: Vallii has short gray hair and a mustache. He is wearing a black mock turtleneck and a mixed gray and black sweater over it with dark gray slacks. He is on stage in front of a black background. For more information, please go to the Deaf Studies Archive finding aid link URL: https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/2/resources/852 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND You can download the video and share it with others as long as you credit us, but you cannot change them in any way or use them commercially. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd... "This project is supported by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." https://www.clir.org/2018/01/clir-ann...