The Maya Literary Renaissance is a growing yet little-known literary phenomenon that can redefine our understanding of "literature" universally. By analyzing eight representative texts, the book synthesizes core Maya concepts with diverse theories to reveal how literature constantly emerges from wider creative patterns in nature.
The Maya Literary Renaissance is a growing yet little-known literary phenomenon that can redefine our understanding of "literature" universally. By analyzing eight representative texts, the book synthesizes core Maya concepts with diverse theories to reveal how literature constantly emerges from wider creative patterns in nature.
Charles M. Pigott is an Assistant Professor of Literature at UDLAP and Quondam Fellow of Hughes Hall (Cambridge). His other publications include "Maize and Semiotic Emergence in a Contemporary Maya Tale" (Tapuya), "The Last Inca: Hegemony and Abjection in an Andean Poetics of Discrimination" ( Modern Languages Open) and "Ecological Ethics in Andean Songs" (Studies in American Indian Literatures).
Inhaltsangabe
Prologue Chapter One: Literary Inhabitation Part One: Lu'um: Writing the Land Chapter Two: My Land Chapter Three: Memories from the Heart of the Forest Chapter Four: They Sing Chapter Five: A Dog's Lament of a Dog's Life Part Two: Wíinik: Writing Humanity Chapter Six: Primordial Fire Chapter Seven: Tales of Old Mother Corn Chapter Eight: The Suffering of My Village and Women of Today Chapter Nine: Grandfather Gregorio: A Maya Sage Epilogue: Towards an Intercultural and Translingual Ecocriticism
Prologue Chapter One: Literary Inhabitation Part One: Lu'um: Writing the Land Chapter Two: My Land Chapter Three: Memories from the Heart of the Forest Chapter Four: They Sing Chapter Five: A Dog's Lament of a Dog's Life Part Two: Wíinik: Writing Humanity Chapter Six: Primordial Fire Chapter Seven: Tales of Old Mother Corn Chapter Eight: The Suffering of My Village and Women of Today Chapter Nine: Grandfather Gregorio: A Maya Sage Epilogue: Towards an Intercultural and Translingual Ecocriticism
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