塞万提斯英文介绍

Renaissance in Spain
Cervantes was born at a time when Spain was richest, most powerful nation in Europe. Time of exploration. Charles I, king of Spain, was most powerful man in Europe. An inspiring king—known for his bravery in battle
Life of Cervantes
Types of satire
Horatian satire—tolerant and urbane, indulgently mocking faults with the aim of evoking wry amusement rather than repulsion or indignation in the audience. (“Rape of the Lock,” “Don Juan,” “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”)
Satire
“Genre of comedy directed at ridiculing human foibles and vices, such as vanity, hypocrisy, stupidity, and greed.” Differs from pure comedy in that its aim is not simply to evoke laughter, but to expose and censure such faults, often with the aim of correcting them.” (Hamilton, Sharon. Essential Literary Terms)
(Hamilton, Sharon. Essential Literary Terms)
Types of satire
Juvenalian satire—harsh and censorious, bitterly condemning vices and foibles and inciting the audience to feelings of indignation and even disgust. (Pudd’nhead Wilson, “A Modest Proposal”
Popularity of Don Quixote
Novel becomes quite popular. Read and enjoyed by all ages. No royalty for works. Pirated copies distributed Other writers begin using DQ as a character. Cervantes writes second part of DQ, kills off main character. Even though Cervantes became popular and famous, he died in poverty in April 1616.
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Magical Realism
“Reality is above all else a variable, and nobody is qualified to say that he or she knows exactly what it is. As a matter of fact, with a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before” Margaret Halsey, U.S. novelist
(Hamilton, Sharon. Essential Literary Terms)
Don Quixote
First novel. First to create fully developed characters. Lively dialogue. Hero who sets out to reinvent his own identity. Buddy genre—Don Quixote and Sancho
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet 1547-1616
Don Quixote
Term “quixotic”—a person who is quixotic is in the grip of misguided idealism. Conflict between idealism and realism. Illusion vs. Reality
Don Quixote as Parody
Began as a parody of romance stories popular in Cervantes’ time. Books of chivalry.—Star crossed lovers—a knight and his fair lady. Parody—a magnification of the characteristics of a particular style to the point at which its absurdity becomes unmistakable. Satire may be more appropriate term. Aims to expose an object or a person to ridicule and censure with implicit reference to a higher standard of conduct