The purpose is to show the humorous and sexist elements, as forms of psychological violence against women, in the literary discourse of the book Taita Serapio (2004). In the stories, the humor with which the stories are seasoned and machismo stand out as powerful ways to attack the psychological integrity of women. The male character embodied in Taita Serapio, a sarcastic and perverted individual, sees in each woman an instrument of sexual satisfaction and mockery. In essence, Taita Serapio is characterized as a character with certain sexual deviations reaching a vague exhibitionism. In this work, literary criticism and analysis are applied to show how Zuzunaga constructs humor, hand in hand with machismo, from the grotesque or inconsequential in the circumstances and in the controversies of the protagonists. Fundamentally, the study is oriented through the theory of psychoanalytic liter...

It is a qualitative study that is framed within cultural semiotics. Quechua linguistic culturems are constructions related to the historical, social, environmental, ethical, axiological, didactic and artistic peculiarities of Ayacucho, formerly called Huamanga, of the city and of the surrounding traditional neighborhoods, from 1940 to 1980. took into account the Andean and Western worldview, as systems of cultural interpretation. Likewise, Quechua linguistic cultures are living and constant elements that feed on popular wisdom, to remain in the collective memory, thus strengthening the cultural identity of the region.