Goats, Trolls, & Numbskulls A Middle School Lecture on Folklore Genres with Lise Lunge-Larsen Sample Preparation and ASL Interpretations by Doug Bowen-Bailey License Info | Table of Contents | Overview | Your Assignment | Preparation | English Lectures | Sample Interpretations | Transcripts of English Lectures | Interpreter Notes | Building Involvement in ASL | Credits

On the Interpretation Notes

I offer these notes as some reflection on my work and the mental processes which produced it. While given the feedback I received from Daniel, I think the work was effective, they were not rehearsed interpretations...and I think there is much that could be improved in them. Such is life....

Notes on Interpretation of Numbskull Genre

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This is a rather challenging story as there is the whole absurdity element, which sometimes can be difficult to translate. As well, there is a challenging description of trying to boost the cow onto the sod roof, and then having the man jerked up into the chimney. What was affirming in my work was Daniel, in the audience, found the whole scene of the man jumping into his pants to be very humorous. Getting feedback like that is always an important sign for me to know that my work is actually accomplishing its goal of creating a dynamic equivalent.

Another challenge was her application of the the genre in looking at sitcoms on television. Given that it was driven by audience interaction and it required a lot of fingerspelling of specific names, I don’t think that interaction was as engaging as it would have been live. I’m not sure I would have done anything differently, but just interesting to note the challenge of that section--and others like it in the other genres.

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