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Cervantes is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. Often, Cervantes is compared to Shakespeare. Both men have become "national literary treasures" glowing during "golden ages" of literature. Cervantes was writing along aside a number...

Cervantes is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. Often, Cervantes is compared to Shakespeare. Both men have become "national literary treasures" glowing during "golden ages" of literature. Cervantes was writing along aside a number...

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Biography | List of Works, Study Guides & Essays

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Cervantes is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. Often, Cervantes is compared to Shakespeare. Both men have become "national literary treasures" glowing during "golden ages" of literature. Cervantes was writing along aside a number... Cervantes is considered one of the greatest writers of all time.

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Miguel de Cervantes ÚLTIMOS AÑOS Y MUERTE Restos de Cervantes REGRESO A ESPAÑA Recientemente, y tras una larga búsqueda, el 11 de marzo de 2015, unos investigadores confirmaron el hallazgo de los restos de Cervantes en la cripta de la iglesia madrileña de las Trinitarias. Esta

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Miguel de Cervantes | Educational Bios for Kids

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Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547 in Alcalá de Henares, a little town outside of Madrid. His father was a surgeon and his mother is thought to have been of Jewish descent. Little is known about his early years. Following a brief period of study in Madrid, where he published a few short works of poetry, and a short-lived sojourn to Rome, he enlisted in the army of the Holy league, established by the Catholic kingdoms of Europe in response to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. He was permanently wounded in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, and after a year-long recovery, returned to military service in the employ of Juan of Austria. In 1575, on his return trip to Spain, Cervantes's ship was seized by Algerian pirates. He was held as a slave in Algiers for five years, despite four attempts to escape captivity (the story of "a Spanish soldier called something Saavedra" in the Captive's Tale in is an allusion to the story of Cervantes's life as a captive.) Eventually, Cervantes was ransomed, returned to Madrid, and, shortly thereafter, was wed to Catalina de Salazar, a woman twenty-two years his junior. In 1585, Cervantes's literary career began in earnest with his publication of a pastoral novel and the performances of some of his plays. Perhaps for financial reasons, two years later Cervantes moved south to Andalusia, where, for ten years he traveled through the region as a purveyor for the Invencible Armada (see historical context) and a tax collector. Due to further financial problems, Cervantes was jailed in Seville in 1597, and it was during his time in prison that he conceived of . In 1605, the first part of Don Quixote was published and enjoyed immediate success, marking Cervantes's lasting return to his status as a professional writer. Despite setbacks including family deaths, scandals, and interpersonal disputes, Cervantes spent the rest of his life as a writer. Cervantes died on April 22, 1616 - a date that coincides with the death of William Shakespeare.
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Cervantes wrote in nearly all of the literary genres popular at the time. He tried his hand, rather unsuccessfully, at poetry. He wrote several plays ( El trato de Argel and El cerco de Numancia, 1582), which enjoyed relative success - though not in comparison to the success of his contemporaries. His most well-known theatrical accomplishment is his collection Eight Comedies and Eight New Interludes, Never Before Acted, published in 1612. Some of the scenes in the inn in Don Quixote demonstrate the influence of the comic, farcical interlude. Generally speaking, however, his greatest achievements were in narrative. He began humbly, with the publication of the pastoral novel, La Galatea, in 1585. This publication was supposed to be only Part I of a larger work; however, despite his promises, he never returned to write the second, concluding part of the Galatea. The episodes of Marcela and Grisóstomo and Leandra and Eugenio in Don Quixote, Part I, are somewhat ironic representations of the pastoral literature of La Galatea. In 1605 he published Don Quixote, Part I. It is possible that Cervantes only meant to write one part of the Quixote, and he went on to publish his famous Novelas ejemplares (1613), where he is credited with making important advances in the novella genre (a genre popularized by Boccaccio). In 1615 a spurious Don Quixote, Part II, was published by an anonymous author identifying himself only by his place of origin, Avellaneda. Avellaneda's Quixote was much darker and more didactic in tone than Cervantes's Part I, and Avellaneda tends to degrade Don Quixote and Sancho and limit his text's comic elements to farcical, low-brow humor. In 1616 Cervantes published his (far superior) Don Quixote, Part II. Interestingly, Cervantes engages with Avellaneda's text and even has one of Avellaneda's characters, Don Alvaro Tarfe, meet "the real" Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Since perhaps before the publication of Don Quixote, Part I, Cervantes was at work composing what he would consider to be his masterpiece, The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda, which Cervantes would complete right before his death, and which would be published posthumously in 1617.
Written by Alison Krueger, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Columbia University Works Consulted:

Canavaggio, Jean. "Miguel de Cervantes: (1547-1616) Life and Portrait." Translated by Eduardo Urbina., May, 2004

Canavaggio, Jean. Cervantes. Translated from French by J. R. Jones. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1990

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Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547 in Alcalá de Henares, a little town outside of Madrid. His father was a surgeon and his mother is thought to have been of Jewish descent. Little is known about his early years.

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Don Belianís De Grecia A Don Quijote De La Mancha

Rompí, corté, abollé, y dije e hice
más que en el orbe caballero andante;
fui diestro, fui valiente y arrogante,
mil agravios vengué, cien mil deshice.

Hazañas di a la fama que eternice;
fui comedido y regalado amante;
fue enano para mí todo gigante,
y al duelo en cualquier punto satisfice.

Tuve a mis pies postrada la Fortuna
y trajo del copete mi cordura
a la calva ocasión al estricote.

Mas, aunque sobre el cuerno de la luna
siempre se vio encumbrada mi ventura,
tus proezas envidio, ¡oh, gran Quijote!

You can find the poem and translation to English on this site.
https://allpoetry.com/Miguel-de-Cervantes

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Don Quixote, the most famous figure in Spanish literature.

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Don Quixote contains a number of the popular literary styles and subjects of the Renaissance,
* the romantic novel that focuses on tales of chivalry and issues of religion and faith
*Chivalry was a medieval tradition that required knights, or nobleman soldiers
*Cervantes originally intended to mock the popular chivalric romances and the adventures stories of errant, or traveling, knights
*Don Quixote, an elderly gentleman who is driven insane by his passion for reading chivalric romances

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DON QUIXOTE BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES // ANIMATED BOOK SUMMARY

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His most popular literature work.

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Literary Periods

Time frames of major literary periods you should know.

The Beginnings of Spanish Literature1099 - 1400

This was the pre-Renaissance of Spanish literature. Spain was greatly influenced by Italy, hence religious undertones in many works. Most works were passed down through oral story-telling. Lazarillo de Tormes was written during this time, which set off a wave of popularity for the picaresque novel.

Mesteres de Clerecía y Juglaría1300 - 1400

The clerecía consists of the oral poems told by trained poets and clerics. These poems were carefully crafted to represent a set rhyme scheme and rhythm. Popular themes included saints and Christianity. The juglaría is the poems written by minstrels; they do not follow a set form, use assonance instead of rhyme, and were recited to uneducated audiences.

Renaissance1300 - 1600

Much conflict between Spain and Italy during this time spurred new ideas in literature. There were two schools of poetic thought: Salmantine was concise and realistic, and Sevillan was complex and grandiloquent. Much of the literature of the time had to do with Christianity (ordered by the Crown to reaffirm the faith of the country) and romantic thought. Christian apologetics was an important thought in prose. The picaresque novel was popular. Carpe Diem became an important theme.

Baroque1600 - 1700

Baroque writing is characterized by pessimism, disillusionment, and worry about passing time. Don Quixote is the most important work of the period.

Enlightenment1700 - 1800

The Enlightenment was characterized by a few key thoughts:
Anti-Baroquism fought the ideas of Baroque writing; it focused more on simplicity and satire.
Neo-Classicism was experienced by Spain alongside Italy and France. It was influenced by Greek classics.
Pre-Romanticism began to seek new unhappiness with the tyranny of reason and authority.

Romanticism1800 - 1850

Romanticism focused on rebellion against authority but also a return to the Catholic religion. The thought of costumbrismo prominently focused on the lives of common people. Romanticism was replaced by realism.

Realism1850 - 1900

Realism focused on familiar conflicts such as marital woes. It was often in defense of a literary thesis of the author. Characters often were psychological studies.

Generation of '981898 - 1938

This period was filled with criticism for the Spanish literary establishment and its conformity. The group of writers and philosophers were young Spanish people born in the 1870s who lived during the Spanish Civil War. They brought back old and lost Spanish words, and they showed support for old Spanish regionalism instead of the Spanish country being supported again by the Restoration movement.

Modernism1900 - 1970

Modernism rejected the ideals of realism. Art was now created for art's sake, and everything was heavily embellished and ornate. Characters were grandiose. Symbolism was frequently used.

Generation of '271923 - 1927

This generation of avant-garde poets rose over a 4 year period and had their first meeting in 1927. They used a wide variety of styles, but the majority tried to incorporate both traditional Spanish lore and sophisticated European thought into their works.

El Boom1960 - 1967

The Boom was a major time period in Latin American literary history. Mixing of languages, crossing of styles, and pushing of traditional Latin American societal norms was frequent. The Boom introduced Latin American literature to the world stage as a serious category.

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Scene from Don Quijote animated show.

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PRIMERA SALIDA DE DON QUIJOTE CON SANCHO PANZA

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Scene of Don Quijote y Dulcinea. Don Quijote's song that has been performed by many artists throughout the years. 

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Scene of Don Quijote y Dulcinea. Don Quijote's song that has been performed by many artists throughout the years. 

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LA METÁFORA DE ‘MOLINOS DE VIENTO’ DE MÄGO DE OZ

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LA METÁFORA DE ‘MOLINOS DE VIENTO’ DE MÄGO DE OZ

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Este tema hace referencia al episodio de los molinos de viento y está inspirado en la conversación del Quijote con su amigo y compañero Sancho Panza. En la cual le explica a Sancho que aprendiera a apreciar lo bello de la vida, que hay cosas que parecen insignificantes pero si se miran detenidamente son hermosas y esenciales.