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Lec 21 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX

"Lec 21 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX" Cervantes' Don Quixote (SPAN 300) Three issues related to the impending end of the novel define this lecture. The first one is improvisation, as we see it in the confluence of actual geography with current historical events: the expulsion of the moriscos, and the Turkish and Huguenots menaces. With the story of Ricote, a kind of morisco novel in a nutshell, Cervantes provides a smorgasbord of narrative possibilities, and presents the consequences that political decisions have on common people. The second issue is the international dimension that the novel acquires with the episode of Roque Guinard and the entrance in Barcelona. The third issue is the influence that art or literature has on reality: the prank organized by the duke and duchess makes possible the marriage of dueña Rodríguez's daughter. Fiction, Cervantes seems to be suggesting, affects reality and improves it. Finally, Sancho's fall into the pit, a parody of the episode of his master in the cave of Montesinos, makes the squire an equal to Don Quixote as the novel progresses. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Improvisation, International Dimension and Influence of Art on Reality 07:33 - Chapter 2. The Story of Ricote 36:40 - Chapter 3. Sancho's Fall into the Pit 47:07 - Chapter 4. The Episode of Roque Guinard 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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