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Lec 13 - Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters I-XI

"Lec 13 - Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters I-XI" Cervantes' Don Quixote (SPAN 300) 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 the arbitristas and a satire of the aristocracy. In part two of the Quixote Part I plays the role that the romances of chivalry played in Part I: the characters have read the first part and so a new larger mirror has been added to the play of mirrors that was already present. Characters evolve within a social context, which is consonant with the political character of the novel and has much to do with the development and evolution of realism in literature in the representation of every day life and of common people. An explanation of the Baroque aspects that appear in the second part of the novel helps to understand the Quixote as a whole and its relation with the first part. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The "As If" of Literature 06:20 - Chapter 2. Part II as the First Political Novel 09:32 - Chapter 3. New Factors in Part II 14:14 - Chapter 4. Sansón Carrasco and a Text in the Making 25:01 - Chapter 5. Characters Evolving in a Social Context 35:58 - Chapter 6. Renaissance and Baroque Aspects 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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