Cuadernos Literarios

Más allá del mando en Zelda. Ocarina of time. El Zelda más legendario

Pedro Carlos Espinoza Huaroto — 2024-12-31

Balls of yarn in the hands. Marta Chaves’ five poems

Manuel Barrós — 2024-12-31

In this opportunity, Manuel Barrós translates a selection of poemas by Marta Chaves, originally published in the Avalanche [Avalanche] (2021). Family episodes, memories, nostalgia and simplicity of words are some of the features of the poetics that the author constructed, which is in tune with her previous books and continues to develop in a favorable way. Thus, the translator broadens the panorama of Portuguese poetry in Peru and Latin America.

Scopophilic Glances and Young Girls in Leopoldo Lugones’s Modernist Poetry

Charles B. Moore — 2024-12-31

Through a close reading of a selection of his poems, this article explores how the Argentine modernist poet, Leopoldo Lugones (1874-1938), is portrayed as a peeping Tom or voyeur of young girls. We base the study particularly on the article, “Leopoldo Lugones. La Luna Doncella en su poesia erotica” (1981), by Juan José Hernández, who concludes that the repeated glances and suggestive commentaries about young girls are actually the poet’s repressed fear of mature women. From Freud, we conclude that such repression produces an instinctive impulse such as scopophilia to control the fear, reject it totally, or keep it out
of his conscience.

Lacan and E. A. Poe’s “The Purloined Letter”: A Psychoanalytic Reading to the Letter

Norman Marín Calderón — 2024-12-31

In his seminar on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Purloined Letter,” Jacques Lacan underscores the insistence of the signifier and the primacy of the symbolic order in the constitution of subjectivity. This Lacanian study constitutes a reading to the letter of how speaking subjects are possessed by the signifier, which, in the narrative, is represented by the letter itself. This circular trajectory is orchestrated by the maneuvers of Detective Dupin, whose logical tactics reveal that the true protagonist of Poe’s tale is the letter/the signifier-letter.

The Representation of Marginal Characters in two Chinese Translations of Cien años de soledad: The Figure of the Mother of Little Remedios

Guo Zihan — 2024-12-31

The research focuses on a comparative analysis of two Chinese translations of Cien años de soledad. The methodology is qualitative, based on a comparative textual analysis of selected fragments, without resorting to corpus tools or statistical methods. The article is structured around the study of the mother of little Remedios, who is a marginal character in the novel, examining how each version reinterprets her descriptions and key dialogues. The conclusions argue that neither version is superior; the variations reflect the different personal and historical approaches of the translators to the original text. A Benjaminian view of translation is proposed as a space of plurality and rereading, where each version enriches and expands the symbolic universe of the original work, contributing new nuances without betraying its essence.

The Construction of the Migrant Subject in the Section “Camina el autor” of El primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

Sheridan Medina Cabrera — 2024-12-31

This article examines the construction of the migrant subject in the section “Camina el autor” of El primer Nueva corónica y buen gobierno by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, drawing on the theoretical category developed by Antonio Cornejo Polar. The study
is situated within the field of Andean colonial literary studies and engages in dialogue with major critical approaches to the Nueva corónica, particularly those addressing the figure of the author, mestizo chronicles, and discursive heterogeneity. From a hermeneutic perspective, the analysis explores Guaman Poma’s self-representation as a subject who moves between the Republic of Indians and the Republic of Spaniards, foregrounding the conflictive, fragmented, and non-syncretic nature of this experience. The article argues that “Camina el autor” constitutes a foundational text of the Andean migrant literary tradition, insofar as it articulates a decentered subjectivity shaped by displacement, the memory of the precolonial past, and the hostile experience of the colonial order. Furthermore, it contends that the figure of the pilgrim functions as a rhetorical strategy of legitimation and reivindication before the Spanish Crown, while simultaneously reinforcing the heterogeneous condition of the enunciating subject.

Phraseological Deautomatization as a Humorous Strategy: La vida exagerada de Martín Romaña, by Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Carlos Arrizabalaga — 2024-12-31

This article presents some qualitative considerations on the use of phraseology in Alfredo Bryce Echenique’s narrative for humorous effect. Phraseology is characterized by its idiomatic content and its adherence to the norm, meaning that its modification can generate a stylistic effect of surprise due to the mental effort required to recover the literal meaning of its components. Analysis of the novel reveals that his novel: La vida exagerada de Martín Romaña (1981) shows a conscious and systematic use of phraseological de-automatization to achieve a surprising and amusing effect, through various mechanisms
of modification, allusion, and saturation of phraseological units, a technique also common in other discursive contexts such as sports broadcasts and advertising. In this way, Bryce Echenique’s narrative links to the best tradition of Literature in Spanish Language.

The Doubles of Fiction: Intratextuality and Specular Narrative in Rubi Guerra’s Cálidas ruinas

Orángel José Morey Lezama — 2024-12-31

This article analyzes the narrative complexity of Rubi Guerra’s Cálidas ruinas from different theoretical perspectives, with the aim of offering a critical reading that highlights both its literary dimensions and its technical resources. The research focuses on
intratextuality as a space where the subject’s voice is configured, highlighting the figure of Medina, a recurring character in the author’s work and a fundamental axis in this novel. It also examines intertextuality through references to emblematic literary works, showing how Cálidas ruinas dialogues with various traditions. The concept of mise en abyme, understood as a mirror narrative, is introduced as a mechanism for reflection on art and its representation, through which the novel not only tells its story, but also questions and comments on itself. This resource is contextualized with examples from other literary works that reinforce its relevance within the framework of Guerra’s narrative. Finally, the intertextual and meta-literary play that articulates the work is studied, as well as the mirror and metafictional effects that project a timeless narrative universe, in which memory,
fiction, and life experience intersect.