CHICANO 188 Study Guide - Final Guide: Orality
21 Oct 2017
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Discuss how the aztecs approached the question of human existence. In what ways does aztec thought appear to be similar to ours in the 21st century usa and in what ways does it seem dissimilar? (miguel le n portilla, aztec thought and culture: a study of the ancient nahuatl mind) Singers could make their books speak , related to oral tradition (vis - a - vis) Pictures and glyphs of the books that were sung- became committed to linear alphabetic writing, result of pre hispanic culture. Personal creativity face and heart (as ancient mexicans would say) Nahuatl text ; legend of the suns speaks of great cosmogonic happenings. Epic poems. about the foundation and destruction of the sun, earth and humans, also the rediscovery of new genre of humans. Analysis of referential statements accompanied with adverbial phrases reveal its being read and recited. Script transformed and gave birth to several systems of writing.
