Don Quixote: Contexts and Constructions

This seminar offers an in-depth study of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha in its “own right” and through an exploration of its afterlives (editions, translations, interpretations, imitations). On the one hand, we will examine the novel in its narrative complexity and engagement with early modern Spanish literature and history. On the other, we will trace its modern critical reception, with particular focus on its paradoxical canonization both as a “universal” masterpiece and a cornerstone of constructions of Spain and the study of Spanish and the Hispanic world.