Abstract
Two versions of a Mocho (Mayan) personal narrative about killing a large snake are subjected to close comparative analysis. The greater rhetorical elegance of one is the sum of a series of modest elaborations and strategic revisions at various levels, from lexical to episodic, rather than the result of large‐scale revisions in discourse structure. Repetition makes a substantial contribution to the aesthetic power of the elaborated version. The goal of the revisions is shown to be associated with issues of personal agency and heightened narrator participation.
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