El mito de la vampiresa Sarah Ellen en la obra de José Donayre: tres soportes góticos que fundan un fantástico criollo peruano

ResumenEl presente artículo hace un análisis comparativo entre tres textos de José Donayre sobre Sarah Ellen: la novela Doble de vampiro (2014), la novela gráfica Tinieblas de ultratumba. La tenebrosa historia de Sarah Ellen (2016) y la compilación de relatos que edita, Trece veces Sarah (2017). Estudia cómo se representa a este personaje histórico bajo una mirada intermedial, prestando atención a la manera como se renuevan los elementos míticos en estos textos, a la vez que estos textos reinventan la imagen de Sarah Ellen, en la construcción de una narrativa fantástica peruana. Palabras clave: Literatura peruana, Novela gráfica peruana, Sarah Ellen, José Donayre, Estudios Intermediales. AbstractThis article makes a comparative analysis between three texts by José Donayre about Sarah Ellen: the novel Doble de vampiro (2014), the graphic novel Tinieblas de ultratumba. La tenebrosa historia de Sarah Ellen (2016) and the compilation of stories Trece veces Sarah (2017). The article studies how this historical character is represented under an intermediate gaze, focusing on how the mythical elements in these texts are renewed, while these texts reinvent the image of Sarah Ellen, in a construction of a fantastic Peruvian narrative. Keywords: Peruvian literature - Peruvian graphic novel - Sarah Ellen - José Donayre - Intermedial Studies

Wounded Masculinity and Nationhood in Peru

This chapter presents a historical and literary analysis of the representation of masculinity in Peru. Using a feminist psychoanalytic frame, it examines Peruvian literature to make sense of Peru's recent brutal past, which culminated in the confrontation between the Shining Path, the Tupac Amaru guerrillas, and the government-armed forces that resulted in 69,000 deaths. It posits that a homology exists between masculinity and the nation state. It reads the executions of indigenous Peruvian leaders by the Spanish as castration myths and traces these Peruvian castration myths to argue that they produce simultaneously a failed masculinity as well as a failed state. The failed nation and the failure of masculinity are rooted in the legacy of colonialism. Resolving this oedipal dilemma would be a first step in resolving gender inequality and creating a more just nation.

Rebecca Riger Tsurumi. The Closed Hand: Images of the Japanese in Modern Peruvian Literature. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2012.

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