Perucho, nieto de Periquillo: sobre la autoría de Juan de Dios Peza y la función de la novela como relato fundacional mexicano

The article pursues two objectives: to verify the authorship of Juan de Dios Peza of the novel Perucho, grandson of Periquillo; analyze the functioning of this work as a founding narrative. Authorship is established through autobiographical and philological evidence. The figure of Peza influences the founding story that begins a hesitant and paradoxical rewriting of 19th century Mexican history from the perspective of the late Porfiriato.