Don Quixote among the novels of chivalry
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https://doi.org/10.13136/2284-2667/30Keywords:
Don Quixote, chivalric novels, motives, parody, imitation, narrative strategiesAbstract
This article analyzes some narrative techniques of Don Quixote in relation with the genre of spanish chivalric novels and thus determines the relation of Cervantes’ work with this genre: not only parody (and thus imitation) of a huge amount of chivalrous motives, but also an unequivocally chivalric-style prose that affects many passages. Therefore, it seems that the hidalgo is not the only one who confuses reality and fiction in this work, but also Cide Hamete, with his own chivalric style, seems to share Don Quixote’s chivalric vision of history. In addition, this article exposes the internal paradoxes in the text that prevent a flatly consideration of Don Quixte as a novel of chivalry.
El presente artículo analiza ciertas técnicas compositivas del Quijote en relación al género de los libros de caballerías y determina de esta manera el vínculo de la obra cervantina con el mencionado género. No sólo se parodian (y, por tanto, se imitan) una enorme cantidad de motivos caballerescos, sino que muchos pasajes aparecen redactados con una prosa inequívocamente caballeresca. Por tanto, parece que el hidalgo no es el único que confunde realidad y ficción en esta obra, sino que el propio Cide Hamete Benengeli con su estilo caballeresco, parece compartir esa visión caballeresca de la historia de don Quijote. Asimismo, el presente artículo establece las paradojas internas en el texto que impiden rechazar de plano su consideración como libro de caballerías.
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