3. Cervantes
April 23 - UNESCO’s Int’l Day of the Book
(Cervantes’ and Shakespeare’s death
anniversary)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
4. Cervantes
April 23 - UNESCO’s Int’l Day of the Book
(Cervantes’ and Shakespeare’s death
anniversary)
Served in the Spanish Navy; captured by
Algerians in 1575
Thursday, December 8, 2011
5. Cervantes
April 23 - UNESCO’s Int’l Day of the Book
(Cervantes’ and Shakespeare’s death
anniversary)
Served in the Spanish Navy; captured by
Algerians in 1575
Received 3 gunshot wounds which he was
proud of (one rendered his left arm useless)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
6. Cervantes
April 23 - UNESCO’s Int’l Day of the Book
(Cervantes’ and Shakespeare’s death
anniversary)
Served in the Spanish Navy; captured by
Algerians in 1575
Received 3 gunshot wounds which he was
proud of (one rendered his left arm useless)
Jailed twice for discrepancies in account
Thursday, December 8, 2011
8. Don Quixote
1605, 1615 - made Cervantes popular but not
rich (sold the rights to publisher Francisco
de Robles)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
9. Don Quixote
1605, 1615 - made Cervantes popular but not
rich (sold the rights to publisher Francisco
de Robles)
1614 - fake sequel by Alonso Fernandez de
Avellaneda
Thursday, December 8, 2011
10. Don Quixote
1605, 1615 - made Cervantes popular but not
rich (sold the rights to publisher Francisco
de Robles)
1614 - fake sequel by Alonso Fernandez de
Avellaneda
First modern novel
Thursday, December 8, 2011
11. Don Quixote
1605, 1615 - made Cervantes popular but not
rich (sold the rights to publisher Francisco
de Robles)
1614 - fake sequel by Alonso Fernandez de
Avellaneda
First modern novel
Most influential Spanish literary work
Thursday, December 8, 2011
13. A novel of purpose
Satirises the romances of chivalry
Thursday, December 8, 2011
14. A novel of purpose
Satirises the romances of chivalry
Challenges a popular form of literature
Thursday, December 8, 2011
15. A novel of purpose
Satirises the romances of chivalry
Challenges a popular form of literature
Illuminates aspects of human nature
Thursday, December 8, 2011
16. A novel of purpose
Satirises the romances of chivalry
Challenges a popular form of literature
Illuminates aspects of human nature
Speculates about the reading and writing
process
Thursday, December 8, 2011
17. A novel of purpose
Satirises the romances of chivalry
Challenges a popular form of literature
Illuminates aspects of human nature
Speculates about the reading and writing
process
Influenced the development of prose fiction
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19. Genre
• picaresque - an episodic style of fiction dealing with
the adventures of a rough and dishonest but
appealing hero
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20. Genre
• picaresque - an episodic style of fiction dealing with
the adventures of a rough and dishonest but
appealing hero
• satire - the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or
ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or
vices, particularly in the context of contemporary
politics
Thursday, December 8, 2011
21. Genre
• picaresque - an episodic style of fiction dealing with
the adventures of a rough and dishonest but
appealing hero
• satire - the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or
ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or
vices, particularly in the context of contemporary
politics
• farce - a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and
horseplay and typically including crude
characterization and ludicrously improbable
situations
Thursday, December 8, 2011
22. Genre
• picaresque - an episodic style of fiction dealing with
the adventures of a rough and dishonest but
appealing hero
• satire - the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or
ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or
vices, particularly in the context of contemporary
politics
• farce - a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and
horseplay and typically including crude
characterization and ludicrously improbable
situations
Thursday, December 8, 2011
23. Characters
(for our purposes)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
24. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
Don Quixote
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25. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
Don Quixote
• Sancho Panza
Thursday, December 8, 2011
26. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
Don Quixote
• Sancho Panza
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
Dulcinea del Toboso
Thursday, December 8, 2011
27. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
Don Quixote
• Sancho Panza
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
Dulcinea del Toboso
• curate/Pedro Perez
Thursday, December 8, 2011
28. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
Don Quixote
• Sancho Panza
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
Dulcinea del Toboso
• curate/Pedro Perez
• barber/Nicholas
Thursday, December 8, 2011
29. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
• Sanson Carrasco
Don Quixote
• Sancho Panza
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
Dulcinea del Toboso
• curate/Pedro Perez
• barber/Nicholas
Thursday, December 8, 2011
30. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
• Sanson Carrasco
Don Quixote
• Cide Hamete
• Sancho Panza
Benengeli
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
Dulcinea del Toboso
• curate/Pedro Perez
• barber/Nicholas
Thursday, December 8, 2011
31. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
• Sanson Carrasco
Don Quixote
• Cide Hamete
• Sancho Panza
Benengeli
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
• Cervantes
Dulcinea del Toboso
• curate/Pedro Perez
• barber/Nicholas
Thursday, December 8, 2011
32. Characters
(for our purposes)
• Alonso Quixada/
• Sanson Carrasco
Don Quixote
• Cide Hamete
• Sancho Panza
Benengeli
• Aldonza Lorenzo/
• Cervantes
Dulcinea del Toboso
• Rozinante
• curate/Pedro Perez
• barber/Nicholas
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39. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
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40. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
• Don Quixote encounters various adventures
Thursday, December 8, 2011
41. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
• Don Quixote encounters various adventures
• Don Quixote, vanquished in battle, is
compelled to go home
Thursday, December 8, 2011
42. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
• Don Quixote encounters various adventures
• Don Quixote, vanquished in battle, is
compelled to go home
• Don Quixote is sane again, renouncing knight-
errantry, and decides to become a shepherd
Thursday, December 8, 2011
43. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
• Don Quixote encounters various adventures
• Don Quixote, vanquished in battle, is
compelled to go home
• Don Quixote is sane again, renouncing knight-
errantry, and decides to become a shepherd
• Don Quixote pines away and dies
Thursday, December 8, 2011
44. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
• Don Quixote encounters various adventures
• Don Quixote, vanquished in battle, is
compelled to go home
• Don Quixote is sane again, renouncing knight-
errantry, and decides to become a shepherd
• Don Quixote pines away and dies
Thursday, December 8, 2011
