Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

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1. Letter to Don Quixote Dear, Don Quixote! Recently I read one of the greatest literary works in the world – the novel by M. Cervantes “The Witty Hidalgo Don Quixote of Laman”. I was amazed at your image – the main character of the novel. The impoverished hidalgo from Lamania, having read novels, imagined himself a valiant knight, called […]...
2. Is the valiant knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ridiculous? Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra conceived a novel about Don Quixote as a parody of the knightly novels that overrun medieval Spain. But the parodies, according to critics, did not work. There was a novel that did not resemble any of those that existed at that time – a novel about a naive, noble, half-twisted man […]...
3. The conflict between the ideal and reality in the novel by Cervantes “Don Quixote” Laugh people, but perhaps you will some day understand, What is sublime and holy In this miserable Don Quixote. DS Merezhkovsky By the beginning of the XVII century, that is, by the time when the heroes of Cervantes lived, the Renaissance, with its faith in man and in its possibilities, was completed. Great ideas revealed […]...
4. Summary “The Clever Hidalgo Don Quixote” The main character lived in the village of Lamanchsky, his property was small – a spear, a shield, an old horse and a dog. His name was Kehan. The age of the hero was approaching fifty years. He was fond of reading knightly novels and gradually introduced himself as a traveling knight. He polished his […]...
5. Summary of Don Quixote by Cervantes One man lived in one village of La Mancha. He was about 50 years old, and his appearance was very decrepit. He had almost nothing, and called him either Kohan or Quesada, and it does not matter, because the main thing is that he calls himself Don Quixote and considers himself a knight. And all […]...
6. Summary The cunning hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha M. de Cervantes The cunning hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha In a certain village of Lamanchsky, there lived one hidalgo, whose property was in a family spear, an ancient shield, a skinny nag and a greyhound dog. His name was not either Kehan, or Quesada, as if unknown, and it did not matter. He […]...
7. “Don Quixote” of Cervantes in brief summary In a certain village of Lamanchsky, there lived one hidalgo, whose property was in a family spear, an ancient shield, a skinny nag and a greyhound dog. His name was not either Kehan, or Quesada, as if unknown, and it did not matter. He was about fifty years old, his body was lean, his face […]...
8. Summary “Pierre Menard by Don Quixote” Pierre Menard is a person who decided to write again “Don Quixote”. Do not rewrite it, reincarnated by deep penetration into the culture of the XVII century. in Cervantes, and write his word for a word anew from the point of view of the Frenchman of the 20th century. By the time of his death, […]...
9. Miguel de Cervantes. Biography Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a Spanish writer, one of the key figures of the Renaissance, the creator of the “eternal image” of Don Quixote, which has become a universal symbol of humanity. The life of M. de Cervantes in dates and facts Supposedly September 29, 1547 – was born in the town of Alcalá […]...
10. Summary Return of Don Quixote GK Chesterton The Return of Don Quixote The amateur performance staged in the halls of the former medieval abbey, now the estate of Baron Sivud, changed the fate of its participants and many other people, contributed to the age-old struggle of social revolutionists and conservative aristocrats, proved to be very instructive an episode in the […]...
11. About the work of M. de Cervantes The first novel of Cervantes “Galatea” was written in a traditional manner, but the usual artistic means and techniques received a new, deeper philosophical content in it. His distinctive feature, which later determined the construction of the novel “Don Quixote”, was the erection of an idealized world of feelings and relationships into the rank of […]...
12. “Return of Don Quixote” Chesterton in brief The amateur performance, set in the halls of the former medieval abbey and now the estate of Baron Sivud, changed the fate of its participants and many other people, contributed to the age-old struggle of socialist revolutionaries and conservative aristocrats, proved to be a very instructive episode in British history and, at the end he […]...
13. Knighthood and knights in the Middle Ages Knighthood entered the bright page in the history of medieval European culture. In their epic works, those knights whom God bestowed on the “honey of poetry” sang the boundless devotion of the knight to the beautiful and noble lady, layman to the church, vassal to the seigneur. In the XII century. from ancient Celtic legends […]...
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17. Medieval knight romance Knightly novel – a new epic genre, which is formed in European literature in the XII century. Originally the word “romance” refers to works written not in Latin, but in one of the Romance languages ​​(hence the word “romance”). However, later it began to designate a new epic genre, formed within the knightly courtly culture. […]...
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