"Decimal system among the ancient Peruvians": an example of the essay genre little studied in Ricardo Palma
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https://doi.org/10.31381/ap.v20i20.4464Keywords:
Ricardo Palma, «Sistema decimal», ensayo, discursividad, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Ollantay, literatura peruana, Comentarios realesAbstract
This article will examine “Sistema decimal entre los antiguos peruanos” by Ricardo Palma. Palma’s essay argues that the Inkas used the decimal system by departing from a philological analysis of Ollantay and the Royal Commentaries of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. It will consider why this piece is an essay and not a tradición by comparing its constituent elements with the characteristics of the essay as Gómez Martínez theorizes them, including discursivity, lack of a rigid structure, inciting reflection, digression, and vagueness in quoting practices. If Palma does a philological study of Ollantay and the Royal Commentaries, the present article will complete a philological study of Palma’s “Sistema decimal”.
Keywords: Ricardo Palma, “Sistema decimal”, essay, discursivity, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Ollantay, Peruvian literature.
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