Periods in which Peruvian literature is divided

1. Inca period

        Official literature

                           Epic:

                                 Cosmogonic poems: Illa Tijsi Wiracocha

                                                                   Legends of Pacaritambo (Leyendas de Pacaritambo)

        Didactic drama:

                        Ollantay

                        Maxims, Apologists

        Popular literature:

                        Lyric: Song, Hymn, Poetry, Dove.

                        Narrative: tales, fables

2. Epoch of conquest

        Poetry: couplets and romances 

        Chronicles: Inca Garcilazo de la Vega "Real Comments (Comentario Reales)"

3. Colonial era

        Periods

                Classic:

                                Juan Miramontes Zuazola: "Antarctic Weapons(Armas Antarticas)" 

                                Amarillis: "Epistle to Belardos (Epístola a Belardos)"

  Diego de Hojeda: "Christian (Cristiada)"

  Diego Mejia of Fernangril

    Baroque:

John of the Caviedes Valley: "Tooth of Parnassus (Diente de parnaso)"

Juan Espinosa Medrano: "The Apologetic (El Apologetico)"

Louis Antonio of Oviedo

Fray John of Ayllon

Afrancesado:

        Pedro Peralta Barnuevo: "Founded Lima (Lima Fundada)"

        Concolorcorvo: "The Lazarillo of Tormes (El Lazarillo de Tormes)"

4. Epoch of enancipation`

Lyrics: Mariano Melgar: "Yaravies"

Epic: Jose Joaquin Olmedo: "To the Victory of Junin (A la Victora de Junin)"

Oratory: Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion "Letters from the Solitary of Sayan (Cartas del Solitario del Sayan)"

Lobertarian Poetry: Jose de la Torre Ugarte "National Anthem (Himno Nacional)*"

 5. Republican Era - 19th Century

Customaryism

Anti-Criollism: Felipe Parde and Aliaga: "Signs and Epigrams (Letrillas y Epigramas)"

Creole: Manuel to Segura: "ña catita" "Signs (Letrillas)"

Romanticism

Ricardo Palma: "Poems (poemas)" "Peruvian Traditions (tradiciones peruanas)"

Carlos Augusto Salaverry: "Letters to an Angel (Cartas a un Angel)"

Armanld Marques

Nicholas Corpancho

Louis Benjamin Cisneros

Realism

Poetry: Manuel Gonzales Prada: "Exotocas"

Rehearsal: Manuel Gonzalez Prada: "Hours of Fight (Horas de Lucha)"

Satire: Abelardo Gamarra

Novel: Clorinda Matto by Turner: "Birds without a Nest (aves sin nido)" Mercedes Cabello by Carbonera

Poetry

Modernism

Jose Santos Chocano: "The Soul of America (Alma America)"

Jose Falvez Barrenechea: "Under the Moon (Bajo la Luna)"

Alberto Ureta "Rumor of Souls (Rumor de Almas)"

Abraham Valdelomar: "Poems (Poemas)"

Leonidas Yorovi: "Lyrical Poems (Poesía Líricas)"

Symbolism: Jose Maria Eguren "Symbolics (Simbólicas)"

Avant-gardeism

Gonzales Prada Line

Alberto Hidalgo "Description of Heaven (Descripción del cielo)"

Alberto Guillen "Prometheus (Prometeo)"

Alcides Spelucin: "Book of the Golden Ship (Libro de la Nave Dorada)"

Cesar Vallejo: "Trilce" "Human Poems (Poemas Humanos)"

Egurenian Lineage

Carlos Oquendo (da0daist): "Five Meters of Poems (Cinco Metros de Poemas)"

Adolfo Westphalen (surrealist)" "The Strange Isles (Las Ínsulas Extrañas)"

Enrique Peña Barrenechea: (neo-romantic):"Zone of Distress (Zona de Angustia)"

Martin Adam (purist): "Transcending Outer Walls (Travesía de Extramuros)"

Juan Parra Delriego (postmodernist): "Polyrhythms (poliritmos)"

Chola Poetry

Luis Fabio Xamar:"Huayno (The Best of Luis Fabio Xamar)"

Abraham Arias Larreta: "The Cholo Deck (La Baraja del Cholo)"

José Varallanos: "First Cholo Songbook (Primer Cancionero Cholo)"

Indigenous Poetry

Alexander Peralta "Ande"

Alexander Mercado: "A Chullo of Poems (Un Chullo de Poemas)"

Mario Florian: "The Urpi"

Social - Revolutionary Poetry

Julio Garrido Malaver: "Words of Earth (Palabras de Tierra)"

Luis Nieto: "Charango"

Luis Sheep Czech: "Loyal Poems (Poemas Leales)"

Gustavo Varcarcel: "Poems of Exile (Poemas del Destierro)"

Alexander Romualdo Valley: "Poetry (Poesía)"

Juan Gonzalo Rose: "Songs from Afar (Cantos desde Lejos)"

Javier Heraud: "The River (El Rio)

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