Una relectura de Semblanzas (sátira y política de Ricardo Palma)

Ricardo Palma is the creator of the literary genre known as Las Tradiciones, which are short stories with the purpose of spreading a Smiling History of Peru from the world of the Incas to the republican society. Although he did not develop it extensively, he has also left us satirical epigrams dedicated to parliamentarians and government authorities of the country. In fact, the importance of this creation was made known by our teacher Alberto Tauro del Pino with a prologue to this literary creation, which we support with a new reading of the paper mentioned. Keywords: Tradition, portraits, epigram, satire, deputy.Ricardo Palma es el creador del género literario conocido como tradición, que son narraciones cortas con fines de difundir una historia sonriente del Perú desde el mundo de los incas hasta la sociedad republicana. Aunque no las desarrolló en extenso, nuestro autor también nos ha dejado epigramas1 satíricos dedicados a parlamentarios y autoridades gubernamentales del país en su libro Semblanzas (1867). Precisamente la importancia de esta creación la dio a conocer nuestro maestro Alberto Tauro del Pino con un prólogo a dicha creación literaria (1965) y que nosotros lo respaldamos con una nueva lectura del documento mencionado. Palabras claves: Tradición, Semblanzas, epigrama, sátira, diputado.   Abstract Ricardo Palma is the creator of the literary genre known as Las Tradiciones, which are short stories with the purpose of spreading a Smiling History of Peru from the world of the Incas to the republican society. Although he did not develop it extensively, he has also left us satirical epigrams dedicated to parliamentarians and government authorities of the country. In fact, the importance of this creation was made known by our teacher Alberto Tauro del Pino with a prologue to this literary creation, which we support with a new reading of the paper mentioned. Keywords: Tradition, portraits, epigram, satire, deputy