signmetaphor | BSL poem "Duck and Dissertation" by Donna Williams @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Deaf poet Donna Williams's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Duck and Dissertation" is an analogy that compares the struggles of a deaf person to write her dissertation with the struggles of a duckling against a fast stream. It was performed at the Bristol Sign Poetry Festival 2010, at the Bristol Centre for Deaf People
The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/donnawilliamsduckanddissertation.pdf
Deaf poet Donna Williams's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Duck and Dissertation" is an analogy that compares the struggles of a deaf person to write her dissertation with the struggles of a duckling against a fast stream. It was performed at the Bristol Sign Poetry Festival 2010, at the Bristol Centre for Deaf People
The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/donnawilliamsduckanddissertation.pdf
