Cazadores de sueños. Imaginarios sobre el Perú en tres obras de teatro desde el siglo XIX a nuestros días

• Autor: Barraza Eléspuru, Ernesto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Científica del Sur
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Científica del Sur
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.cientifica.edu.pe:article/2030
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/desdeelsur/article/view/2030
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Dramaturgia peruana; patria; siglo XIX; siglo XX; siglo XXI; Peruvian dramaturgy; homeland; XIX century; XX century; XXI century

Historical studies are usually the main sources used to understand ideas that contribute in the creation of national imaginaries. However, the arts can also be employed in this approach. This article analyzes the tensions present in Peruvian theater focused on the reflection of the county’s past and recent history, comparing them to narratives derived from the visual arts. Three Peruvian plays written during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries are analyzed: Los patriotas de Lima en la noche feliz, by Manuel Santiago Concha (1821); Los conquistadores, by Hernando Cortés (1977); and Una hazaña nacional, by Alfonso Santistevan (2024). This study will show the ways in which theater constitutes an essential historical document in the construction of national imaginaries in a country whose reality is still shown, most of the time, as an unfulfilled dream).