[Aztlan] Rabinal Achi' discourse structure revealed

[ECOLING at aol.com]

University Press of Colorado in 2007 published the English translation of
Alain Breton's masterful work 

_Rabinal Achi. A Fifteenth-Century Maya Dynastic Drama_

It contains analysis of the form of the text, 
a photocopy of the best manuscript, 
an ideal presentation of the text, reflecting its structure
      both in Maya transcription and in translation, on facing pages,
and analysis of it as "An Exemplary History".

It concerns the history of conflicts between the Rabinaleb and the Quiché.

This text reveals much about the pre-contact Quiché
and the formal courtly language and phrases used by them.

For those thinking of attending the Maya Weekend at the 
University Museum in Philadelphia, reading this version of the
Rabinal Achi (along with Allen Christenson's version of the Popol Vuh)
might be especially relevant this year.
The 2009 Maya Weekend is focused on the province of Alta Verapaz.
Rabinal is located in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala,
on the edge of the provinces of Alta Verapaz and Quiché,

But this book is extremely valuable for anyone interested in Maya 
civilization.

Best wishes,
Lloyd

Lloyd Anderson
Ecological Linguistics
PO Box 15156
Washington DC 20003
ecoling at aol.com
202-547-7683


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