Graduation Date
Summer 2023
Document Type
Project
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in English, emphasis in Applied English Studies
Committee Chair Name
Janelle Adsit, Ph.D
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Renee Byrd, Ph.D
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Subject Categories
English
Abstract
This project explores how the three umbrella models of disability (medical, functional, and social) are shown in several disabled characters from three novels published after the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, and Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum. Through the utilization of literary analysis from a cultural studies perspective, this project shows that the models of disability, despite the various flaws in their respective designs, prove to be useful lenses to see disability through, both in these novels and in real life, to help further its mainstream understanding, at least on a basic level. My goal is to make these ways of seeing more accessible to those not well-versed in the field of disability studies.
Citation Style
MLA
Recommended Citation
Lipiec, Mary, "Nothing about us: three models of disability in three works of literary fiction" (2023). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 672.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/672
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