Parallel worlds : genre, discourse, and poetics in contemporary, colonial, and classic period Maya Literature

Despite recent developments in epigraphy, ethnopoetics, and the literary investigation of colonial and modern materials, few studies have compared glyphic texts and historic Maya literatures. Parallel Worlds examines Maya writing and literary traditions from the Classic period until today, revealing remarkable continuities across time. In this volume, contributions from leading scholars in Maya literary studies examine Maya discourse from Classic period hieroglyphic inscriptions to contemporary spoken narratives, focusing on parallelism to unite the literature historically. Contributors take an ethnopoetic approach, examining literary and verbal arts from a historical perspective, acknowledging that poetic form is as important as narrative content in deciphering what these writings reveal about ancient and contemporary worldviews. Encompassing a variety of literary motifs, including humor, folklore, incantation, mythology, and more specific forms of parallelism such as couplets, chiasms, kennings, and hyperbatons, Parallel Worlds is a rich journey through Maya culture and pre-Columbian literature that will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, ethnography, Latin American history, epigraphy, comparative literature, language studies, indigenous studies, and mythology. 01 1 02 8 03 10 04 16 branco 34 branco 35 05 36 branco 58 branco 59 06 60 07 88 08 138 09 176 10 196 11 210 branco 236 branco 237 12 238 13 268 14 286 15 298 16 326 branco 352 branco 353 17 354 18 390 19 416 20 464 21 486 22 492 23 494 24 496