Miguel de Cervantes Son of a poor doctor; did not have a humanist education Cervantes adventurous life: Fought in religious wars Captured by pirates Spent 5 years as a slave eld government !obs "#$%: Don Quixote &art " published "#"5: published DQ ''Don Quixote(uthor: )iguel de CervantesCulture: Spanish*ate: early "+th c, -enre: satirical .parody/ novel0ames1terms to 2now: *on 3ui4ote5 Sancho &an6a5 *ulcinea5 Sans7n Carrasco5 )arcela5 8 chivalry,Don Quixote Cervantes combines several genres into one, is initial purpose: to satiri6e .ma2e fun of a specific topic/ the romances of chivalry5 and to create a parody of a literary type characteri6ed by mystical acts of valor5 unli2ely and complicated adventures5 duels5 and enchantments, 9he novel was popular immediately,Don Quixote .don 2ee:hoh:tay/."#$5:"#"5/ ( novel by )iguel de Cervantes 9he hero5 *on 3ui4ote .don is a Spanish title of honor/5 loses his wits from reading too many romances and comes to believe that he is a 2night destined to revive the golden age of chivalry, ( tall5 s2inny man in armor5 he has many comical adventures with his fat s;uire5 Sancho &an6a, Lasting LegacyCervantes not only created one of the greatest comic figures of world literature5 but with his realist and humanist techni;ues5 some critics argue that he originated the modern novel,Don Quixote the Man of La Mancha is %$$ years old,)iguel de Cervantes< classic novel first went on sale in =anuary5 "#$5,'t remains the most published and translated boo25 after the >ible, 9he literature that had e4pressed the medieval spirit of chivalry and romance had degenerated by Cervantes time,*on 3ui4ote lives in a world created in his imagination5 which was fueled by his obsession with chivalric tales, e longs to resurrect this world of which he has read: chivalry5 battles with giants and evil 2nights5 and the rescue of virtuous maidens, Reality*on 3ui4ote is not a 2night5 but an impoverished country landowner,is ideals: love as ?service5 adventurousness5 loyalty to valor and generosity, 9ries to see2 out wrongs and right them5 to help those in need5 to be full of valor in honor of his @ady .courtly love/,@i2e the -ree2 heroes5 he wants his great deeds to be sung,*on 3ui4ote is characteri6ed as a wandering hero,is insanity is caused by reading too many boo2s about chivalry .literature corrupts/,( typical theme of Spanish >aro;ue literature is the ;uestion of what constitutes reality, Ae see this in various guises in the novel: enchantment versus disenchantment true reality versus dreamsoptimism versus pessimismfree will versus capricious fate,Ahat is realityB Aho determines realityB Can reality differ from one person to anotherB Cantheperceptionofreality actually change realityBIfSanchoembodiesthecommon manwhoismotivatedbybasic needs and desires, complete with a practical viewpoint of life, then Don Quixoteistheuncommonman,the irrationaldreamerwhohasnotone iotaofcommonsensedespitehis position in society. WhereSanchoseeswindmills,DonQuixote seesgiants.WhereSanchoseessheep,Don Quixoteseesarmies.WhereSanchosees inns, Don Quixote sees castles.Why?SanchomaybeDonQuixotes antithesis,buthedoesrepresentcommon sense and fol! wisdom. Seemingly opposites, theygrowtounderstandoneanotherandto ta!e on one anothers characteristics. 'nsomeways5wemightseethe entirenovelasanallegory,Cnthe surface5*on3ui4oteandSancho aresimplyamismatchedpairwho haveavarietyofadventures5and while we may laugh at them5 we are also sympathetic to them, Cnanotherlevel5however5Cervanteswas tellingusthat*on3ui4otesidealismisa noblevisionoflife5evenwhenitclasheswith pragmatismsuchasSanchodisplays,Ahich character has a more beautiful ideal of life5 the practical but mundane Sancho or the idealistic dreamer*on3ui4oteBClearlytheauthor comes out on the side of thedreamer whose vision of life5 while not realistic or pragmatic5 is infinitelymorerich5morenoble5andmore valuable even though seemingly impossible"ervantesmanagestoconvincethereaderthatanidealistic view of life is preferable in part because he does not ignore the conse#uencesofsuchideas.Whilewenotetheauthors recommendation,wealsosensethatherecogni$esthe difficultiesadreamerfacesintherealworld."ervantes ac!nowledges that seeing only what one wants to see %being anidealist%isadangerouspractice.DonQuixotesuffers taunts,&eers,disillusionmentandbeatingsthroughoutthe novel.'ndyet,wefindourselvesidentifyingwithhimallthe morebecauseofhisilltreatment.'llofushavefelt downtrodden by life at some point, so we can identify with his struggles, his search for something to buoy him. (is courage is inspiring. "ervantesalwayschampionsthespiritual overtheworldly.(isbeliefthatthe )impossibledream should be ours remains a constant. In later chapters, when Don Quixote acceptsrealityinplaceofhisdream,he becomes depressed and dies. 's he is dying, heclaimsthathehasgivenupmadnessand is now rational, and yet he cannot live without his dreams. (e might not survive in the real world without practicality, yet without dreams, survival is worthless. This Spanish coin commemorates the 400th anniversary of Don QuixoteDon Quixote statue outside of Chihuahua, exicoD4it SlipAhat is ironic about this storyBAhy is *on 3ui4ote considered to beEharmlessFB'f*on3ui4otewereyour ac;uiantance5howwouldyou relate to him o treat himBMovie Posterollywood decides it wants to rema2e the classic story of Don Quixote into a bloc2buster summer movieG 9he director of the film has as2ed your advertising agency to create an iconic poster that will capture the audiences eye, Hou must: *raw and color a poster that depicts one scene from Don Quixote, 't must include the title,'nclude current actor1actress that will star in your film,( paragraph describing the story and author, !ther "oster #deas