Comments on: Lend Me Your Ear – Chpt. 2

By: revasias

revasias — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:42:20 +0000

Hi J. Great summary. It makes me think of “passing” and not wanting to be singled out as different in WRT 105. As outlined by Brueggemann, students did not seek assistance due to their self-perceptions and their desired place in the world, community, and/or group. B’s Rhetorical/Cultural approach goes beyond d/Deafness. To some level, we all want to fit in. This illustrates the fact that the desires to fit in may cause one to close off aid or additional knowledge. B’s use of “mirrors” in her interludes reflect that often how she saw herself worked against the realities of her situations. She had to work on herself through self-knowledge passages. Before this awareness kicks in, I see all of this working against and limits literacy studies.

By: comprhession

comprhession — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:09:24 +0000

Trish – great question. I’ll be honest and say that I had some difficulty following the multiple trails of thought that Brueggeman takes in this chapter, and so I’m not completely sure how she’s connecting literacy/literacy studies to her points in this chapter (besides, perhaps, denouning the whole great leap theory). I’d love to hear you bring up your extra knowledge about recent literacy studies in class, see if we can forge some connections on this topic! -J

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:48:03 +0000

Hey J – Thanks for the summary! I’m interested in the ways in which Brueggerman integrates literacy studies into her work. She draws on some usual suspects – Goody, Watt, Ong, Plato’s Phaedrus, Scribner and Cole, etc… I’m wondering how this same chapter might look in light of the literacy scholarship of the last 8 years… How might new ideas/thinkers who attempt to expand the ecosystems of literacies and literacy studied be useful here?