1. Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Thursday, December 8, 2011

2. Cervantes
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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

7. Don Quixote
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

12. A novel of purpose
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13. A novel of purpose
Satirises the romances of chivalry
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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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18. Genre
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19. Genre
• picaresque - an episodic style of fiction dealing with
the adventures of a rough and dishonest but
appealing hero
Thursday, December 8, 2011

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
Thursday, December 8, 2011

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
Thursday, December 8, 2011

33. 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
• Dapple
• barber/Nicholas
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34. Setting
• various Spanish towns
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35. Setting
• various Spanish towns
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36. POV
• Third person omniscient (narrative)
• First person (literary discussions)
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37. POV
• Third person omniscient (narrative)
• First person (literary discussions)
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38. Plot
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39. Plot
• Don Quixote decides to become a knight-
errant and sets out for exploits
Thursday, December 8, 2011

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

45. themes, motifs, symbols
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46. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
Thursday, December 8, 2011

47. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro-
nistic
systems of
morality
Thursday, December 8, 2011

48. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro-
nistic
systems of
morality
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

49. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro-
nistic
systems of
morality
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

50. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro- • honor
nistic
systems of
morality
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

51. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro- • honor
nistic
• romance
systems of
morality
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

52. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro- • honor
nistic
• romance
systems of
morality • literature
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

53. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• anachro- • honor
nistic
• romance
systems of
morality • literature
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

54. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• books, ma-
• anachro- • honor
nuscripts
nistic
• romance
systems of
morality • literature
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

55. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• books, ma-
• anachro- • honor
nuscripts
nistic
• romance
systems of • horses
morality • literature
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

56. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• books, ma-
• anachro- • honor
nuscripts
nistic
• romance
systems of • horses
morality • literature
• inns
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

57. themes, motifs, symbols
• perspective
& narration
• books, ma-
• anachro- • honor
nuscripts
nistic
• romance
systems of • horses
morality • literature
• inns
• class &
worth
Thursday, December 8, 2011

58. Thursday, December 8, 2011

59. Thursday, December 8, 2011