For May 9:

Papers due

For April 16, 23, and 30:

4 presentations each time

For April 9:

In 436 Clemens

César Paternosto (reading will be a handout)

For April 2:

Mignolo’s Local Histories, Global Designs

For March 26:

Brathwaite handout

Shell & Sollors’ Multilingual Anthology Intro, Afterword, Appendix plus your selections from the translations

For March 12:

Humberto Ak’abal’s talk and reading scheduled for 3/12 and 3/14 have been cancelled so we will continue our ongoing discussions. Please bring the hieroglyphic handouts.

Reading for February 26:

Charles Olson: “Projective Verse” and “Human Universe” essays plus Mayan letters

Hand in response paper at end.

For February 19:

NOTE: SEMINAR MEETS IN 31 CAPEN AT NOON ON 2/19.

1. Read or reread “The Writing Lesson” and study the “Reading Maya Writing” handout.

2. Using the provided guide to Maya hieroglyphs, discover as much as you can about the four New Year’s pages. Clues: the day signs at top left on each page are the days when the possum figure announces the change of year. The gods in the lower two rows of pictures change roles at the change of year (try to sort them out). Look for signs for the four directions, and for colors; look for glyphs in the pictures.

3. Response paper: include comments on the experience of reading a Maya text and Maya pictures.

Reading for February 12:

BREATH ON THE MIRROR

Hand in response paper at end.

Reading for February 5:

POPOL VUH:

Intro, Parts I-V, plus Poetics & calendar part of Notes & Comments

Hand in response paper at end.