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Its protagonist is a minor aristocrat who has read rather rather too many books of [[chivalry]] and imagines himself a knight battling supernatural and mythological beings in a mundane environment where they simply do not exist. | Its protagonist is a minor aristocrat who has read rather rather too many books of [[chivalry]] and imagines himself a knight battling supernatural and mythological beings in a mundane environment where they simply do not exist. | ||
| − | The humor derives from his ability to contort everything he sees to a demented | + | The humor derives from his ability to contort everything he sees to a demented world view based on silly books - however it is a measure of Cervantes' skill as an author that we come to sympathize with Don Quixote more than those who mock him, as much as the latter may be correct. |
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Revision as of 18:52, May 17, 2007
Don Quixote (Don Quijote in modern Spanish) is a tragi-comic novel by Miguel Cervantes, written in two parts in the late 16th and early 17 century and often considered one of the greatest of all time.
Its protagonist is a minor aristocrat who has read rather rather too many books of chivalry and imagines himself a knight battling supernatural and mythological beings in a mundane environment where they simply do not exist.
The humor derives from his ability to contort everything he sees to a demented world view based on silly books - however it is a measure of Cervantes' skill as an author that we come to sympathize with Don Quixote more than those who mock him, as much as the latter may be correct.