An Approximation to the Function of Bilingual and Monolingual Editions of Quechua Literature in the Peruvian Publisher Pakarina Ediciones

Arquíñigo D.N.M.; de la Torre J.A.H. · Letras (Peru) (2025) · DOI: 10.30920/letras.96.143.8

Resumen

In the Peruvian Literature field, the Quechua literature publication is still a controversial topic because of the hegemonic and canonical Spanish publication predominance. Therefore, this study is focused on the analysis of Pakarina Ediciones’ function; this is a Peruvian publisher that works with indigenous and hegemonic languages. The first specific objective is analyzing the function of bilingual (Spanish-Quechua and Quechua-Spanish) editions, and the second specific objective is analyzing the function of monolingual (Quechua) editions of the referred publisher. Regarding this paradigm, this research discusses the position of a literature that comes from a non-hegemonic language which is also, as a consequence, a non-canonical language in the Peruvian literary system. For that, the publication process and the publisher’s motivations will be specially observed. In order to collect data, semi-structured interviews to the general publisher and authors-translators were made. They provided information about the perspectives and motivations of these participants. This data was analyzed through different theories that belong to the Literature and Translation fields. As findings suggest, it can be noted that both literary editions, bilingual (Spanish-Quechua and Quec-hua-Spanish) and monolingual (Quechua), of Pakarina Ediciones contribute to the development, diffusion, and revindication of Quechua literature; furthermore, they also amplify the hegemonic-canonical Peruvian literary circuit.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas