Abstract
The historical account of the battle of Chupas (September 16th, 1542) that José de la Riva-Agüero (Lima, 1885-1944) includes in chapter XI of Paisajes peruanos (Peruvian Landscapes), 1955, has generic traits more akin to an epic or a chivalric novel than to the chronicles of the Indies. The present paper continues another that advances that observation. It focuses on two characters: a tragic one, Diego de Almagro el Mozo, and a comic one (albeit with epic grandeur), Francisco de Carbajal. To do so, a comparison between Riva-Agüero’s text and the chronicles by Pedro Cieza de León, Agustín de Zárate and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is offered.
Translated title of the contribution | Chivalric epic, chronicles of the indies and travel books: More on the narrative of the battle of Chupas (1542) in José de la Riva-Agüero’s Paisajes peruanos (Peruvian Landscapes) |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 745-752 |
Journal | Hipogrifo |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2021 |
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Keywords
- Characters
- Chivalric epic
- Chronicles of the Indies
- José de la Riva-Agüero
- Paisajes peruanos (Peruvian Landscapes)
- Travel books