Julio Ramón Ribeyro and the Literary Debates of the 1960s in Peru

Abstract

The objective of our research is to show that the arguments developed by Julio Ramón Ribeyro around the novel, the representation of reality and literary techniques exposed in the articles and essays of La causa sutil (1976) coincide with the literary critics of their context. They manifest their arguments in the literary events that took place in 1965: the “First round table on Peruvian literature and sociology”, the “First meeting of Peruvian storytellers” and the “Round table on Todas las sangres”. Therefore, based on a comparative analysis between the arguments of Alberto Escobar, José Miguel Oviedo, Winston Orillo, Aní­bal Portocarrero and Julio Ramón Ribeyro, the points of connection between them will be demonstrated. In that sense, it will be possible to demonstrate Ribeyro”™s role as literary critic exposed in the articles and essays of La caza sutil.