El incaísmo del Inca Garcilaso en la narrativa corta de Juana Manuela Gorriti

Abstract

The present article shows the influence of the Royal Commentaries of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in three novellas by the Argentine-Peruvian writer Juana Manuela Gorriti. Therefore, these short works of fiction fall into the class of writing known as Incanism. Six motifs will be examined including El Dorado, underground cities, a change of fortune for the Incas, the historical figure Diego de Maldonado, the deity Pachakamaq, and a defense of Quechua. Together these six elements work to reformulate the Criollo concept of the Peruvian nation.