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'''Don Quixote''' (''Don Quijote'' in modern Spanish; pronounced 'key-ho-tay') is a tragi-comic novel by [[Miguel Cervantes]], written in two parts in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is one of the most important Spanish literary works, and is often considered to be both the first modern novel, and one of the greatest novels of all time.   

'''Don Quixote''' (''Don Quijote'' in modern Spanish; pronounced 'key-ho-tay' or, traditionally, 'quick-sote'<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quixote Merriam-Webster online dictionary]</ref>) is a tragi-comic novel by [[Miguel Cervantes]], written in two parts in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is one of the most important Spanish literary works, and is often considered to be both the first modern novel, and one of the greatest novels of all time.   

The novel is a satirical work, based in no small part on the glorification of knights and knightly virtues, orthodoxy, nationalism and national pride, aristocracy, and ultimately meaning in life.  While the first half of the work reads as almost pure farce, the second half explores the more deep and psychological questions of meaning in life, place in the world, self-identity and self-fulfillment, societal roles, and in no small measure, [[madness]] itself.

The novel is a satirical work, based in no small part on the glorification of knights and knightly virtues, orthodoxy, nationalism and national pride, aristocracy, and ultimately meaning in life.  While the first half of the work reads as almost pure farce, the second half explores the more deep and psychological questions of meaning in life, place in the world, self-identity and self-fulfillment, societal roles, and in no small measure, [[madness]] itself.