ENUNCIATION AND MEMORY: CONSERVATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PERUVIAN INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT THROUGH COMICS

Yalán E.; Guerra J.M.; Townsend G.J. · Studia Semiotyczne (2024) · DOI: 10.26333/sts.xxxviii1.06

Resumen

This article analyzes how Peruvian comics represent the internal armed conflict (1980–2000) from a conservative perspective, transforming it into a graphic narrative that contributes to shaping a collective memory aligned with political interests. Motivated by the lack of critical studies addressing comics produced by conservative groups from a semiotic perspective. The analysis focuses on contemporary productions characterized by short formats distributed through print and digital media, which reconfigure both state actors and victims. Methodologically, the study examines the enunciative discursive strategies used to exalt state figures and demonize adversaries through the construction of characters, spaces, and temporalities. The findings reveal that actoriality shifts from an empathetic representation of urban victims to an idealized military heroism; temporality moves from a closed past toward a narrative of ongoing threat; and spatiality leaves behind concrete urban settings to become abstract scenarios that glorify political decisions. Finally, the article identifies the emergence of a conservative protological myth that reactivates epic narratives of the past and turns comics into instruments of symbolic domination, aimed more at mobilizing fear than at fostering historical understanding. © Open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas