"Lec 8 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV" Cervantes' Don Quixote (SPAN 300) In this part of the Quixote, Cervantes makes a boast of narrative mastery by combining the sequential structure of the chivalric romance with the multiple story design of collections of novellas. The stories invented by the characters, who create meta-characters, lead to the revelation of other stories not being told, or being told obliquely. The relation among all the stories, including the main plot, is predicated on cuts and crisscrossing made possible by traumatic interruptions, which jostle the memory of the tellers and drive them to reveal other stories behind the one they tell, and making them disclose their inner thoughts. Memory is in all cases the key element a repository of recollections from the past and the structuring force of the self in the present. The whole network of stories, itself a superb display of narrative skill and variety, is one of the aims of Renaissance art, announced by the scene in which Dorotea is ogled (in parts) by other characters. As González EchevarrĂa explains, the Quixote leads us again to ask questions that are pertinent and relevant to our lives. Is living the acting out of roles? Are we characters in somebody else's fiction, and if so, are we bound by ethics? 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Function of Memory in the Development of Characters 08:57 - Chapter 2. The Network of Interrelated and Intertwined Stories 23:57 - Chapter 3. Dorotea as the Object of Converging Gazes 44:59 - Chapter 4. The Kingdom of Representations and the Theatricality of Life 54:52 - Chapter 5. The Importance of Subtext Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2009.
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Lec 1 - Introduction - Cervantes Don Quixote
Lec 2 - Don Quixote, Part I: Front Matter and Chapters I-X
Lec 3 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters I-X (cont.)
Lec 4 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XI-XX
Lec 5 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XI-XX (cont.)
Lec 6 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI
Lec 7 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI (cont.)
Lec 9 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV (cont.)
Lec 10 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXXVI-LII
Lec 11 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXXVI-LII (cont.)
Lec 12 - Don Quixote, Introduction to Part II
Lec 13 - Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters I-XI
Lec 14 - Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters I-XI (cont.)
Lec 15 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI
Lec 16 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI (cont.)
Lec 17 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXII-XXXV
Lec 18 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXII-XXXV (cont.)
Lec 19 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXXVI-LIII
Lec 20 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXXVI-LIII (cont.)
Lec 21 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX
Lec 22 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX (cont.)
Lec 23 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV
Lec Last - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV (cont.)