FINAL READING ASSIGNMENTS


IX. Example of Paradigmatic Analysis (Mar. 27)

Gillespie, Susan D.
1989 The Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexica History. Chapters 2, 4. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. "The Founding Queen", "Motecuhzoma's Daughters"

X. Example of Syntagmatic-Paradigmatic Analysis (Apr. 3)

Tedlock, Dennis, Trans.
1985 Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. Excerpt pp. 71-101 (up to the defeat of Zipakna and Cabrakan)