Indigenismos e indigenismo literario en el Boletín Titikaka (1926-1930)

Abstract

In the present article, the indigenisms that appear in the Boletín Titikaka (Puno, Perú, 1926-1930) are reviewed as a way to approach the complexity of the indigenous movement in the 1920s. Indigenisms of social, economic and cultural base can be distinguished, thought from the centrality of Lima or elaborated in cities of the Andes like Puno. The indigenist stories that appeared in the Bulletin during the last years of publication are also reviewed, proposing a reading where, rather than considering traditional narratives close to realism or costumbrismo, they are observed from the way in which the possibilities of a cultural dialogue appear. It follows that lyricism, magical thinking and the testimonial narrative form constitute the elements that distance these stories from realism and that these narrative searches approach them to a “protorrealismo mágico”.