[nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature

[Kaiti Shelton]

You might want to consider broadening your topic to just blind
characters in literature.  With this you can also include a few more
I've remembered.
The Giver in Lois Lowry's book of the same name.
Haven't read it yet, but I believe one of the main characters goes
blind in Jane Eyre,
Again, haven't read the entire series, but I know Marilla from Lucy
Maude Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series develops an eye
condition and has to restrict herself from reading and doing other
eye-strenuous activities.  I've read more of the books but since they
focused on Anne in her college years Marilla wasn't too common of a
topic in terms of blindness.
Mary from the Little House on the Prary books,
The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells.  I have not read the short
story but have listened to a radio play from the 50's.  It's a very
perplexing story and depiction of blind people.
Maximum Ride series by James Patterson has a blind character.
The Cay, kind of like Lord of the Flies but the protagonist is blind.
Light a Single Candle and The Letter writer, both historical fiction
books I believe, have not read either yet though.
The Window, kind of deals with a girl's adjustment to blindness in the
emotional sense.  Great book.
The Gathering Blue, the sequel to The Giver.
Pretty Little Liars has a blind girl in it.
there are plenty of characters out there, but I'm not sure how many of
them would fit into your search criteria as it is now.  Blind
characters are all over the map in literature though.

On 4/24/13, Carrie Gilmer <carrie.gilmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello-
> Two of my best friends from college were international students from Sweden,
> over 25 years ago. we are still very close.  Asked them what they knew. they
> both said they can recall absolutely no blind character in lit anywhere from
> childhood or young adulthood, and both also had never seen a blind person
> until sometime after coming to U.S. ...may be a difficult  or sparse topic.
> best of luck
> Carrie
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't know of anything specifically Swedish, but I've seen several
>> depictions of blindness depicted in English literature.  There is one
>> book called, "Hannah," where a blind girl wants to go to school.  She
>> seems super dependent in there to me, but the book is also set in the
>> 19th century so back then that might have been more common.  In the
>> end she participates in some sort of harvesting contest to try to
>> raise money to buy a brailler, and when she can't fathom how she's won
>> she finds that the town kept putting their picked fruits/vegitables in
>> her basket instead of their own.  There is also a book I've come
>> across called, "From Charlie's Point of View, although I haven't
>> really read it.
>>
>> On 4/23/13, Leye-Shprintse <leyeshprintse at ymail.com> wrote:
>>> BS"D
>>>
>>> Dear NABS,
>>>
>>> I'm a blind student and it's time for me to start writing my thesis. I've
>>> chosen to write about the representation of blindness in Swedish
>>> children's
>>> and youth literature. I wonder if you've some ideas where I can rasearch
>>> information to my thesis, do you know if someone else have written about
>>> this subject? I think it's a very important subject but since Swedish
>>> isn't
>>> a big language I can't find so much information here. I'm happy for all
>>> ideas you can give me! It feels so big to write a thesis so I'm a bit
>>> overwhelmed! Forgive my bad English!
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Leye-Shprintse
>>>
>>> Envoyé de mon iPad
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