Épica caballeresca, crónicas de Indias y relato de viajes: más sobre la narración de la batalla de Chupas (1542) en «Paisajes peruanos» de José de la Riva-Agüero

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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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 contributionChivalric 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)
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)745-752
JournalHipogrifo
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 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

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