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Cervantes' Don Quixote - Audio
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4.3 stars from 48 ratings
In-depth study for lifelong learners
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“I am working through the list of classics that I never read, and I began with Don Quixote. I listened to the novel in translation on audiobook but needed more in-depth discussion of the novel. This lecture series was the perfect way for me to learn about the context of the novel - Spain's...”Read full review »
headlibrarian via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/03/12
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“I've only made it through the 1st two episodes and I'm already hooked. Great lecturer and crystal clear audio quality. Gonzalez comes across as the kind of guy you would love to go out with to share a beer. Fun, witty, engaging and having a wry sense of humor (he obviously also loves the topic,...”Read full review »
rko31415 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/07/12
Recent Episodes
Commentary of the key concepts of Spanish Baroque, desengaño, introduces González Echevarría's suggestion that the plot of the Quixote follows a Baroque unfolding from deceit (engaño) to disillusionment (desengaño). The discussion of Don Quixote and Sancho about knight-errants and saints is not...
Published 04/05/11
The modern novel that develops from the Quixote is essentially a political novel and an urban genre dealing with cities. In Part II there is a sense of the text being written and performed in the present because it incorporates current events, such as the expulsion of the moriscos, a critic of...
Published 04/05/11
González Echevarría talks about the transition that we, as present-day readers undergo, between Part I, published in 1605, and Part II of the Quixote, published in 1615. He first reviews the grand themes of part one: 1) ambiguity and perspectivism, 2) the idea that the self can impose its will...
Published 04/05/11
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