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The exhibit in the Simpson Library was set up with the intent to educate and spread the lessons of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote. The challenge to read the entire novel is completed by few, but the work is widely respected and studied due to its impact on the literary world. The exhibit includes a […]
The Simpson Library is the new home of an exhibit dedicated to Miguel De Cervantes. This exhibit is houses several books, a poster, and a small statue all representative of Cervantes. Cervantes was a famous author so we decided to use his books along with books about him to most represent him. Our display case […]
Matthew Beatty Dr. Lewis FSEM Digital Don Quixote December 16, 2016 Review of Cervantes Based Books The two books that I have chosen to write about from our groups display case are called Cervantes and The Cervantes Encyclopedia. I chose these two particular books because I thought it would be interesting to compare two […]
Daniel Pan Digital Don Quixote Professor Lewis 12 December 2016 Catalog Essay Don Quixote’s unique personality has allowed him to withstand the four-hundred-year test of time by igniting curiosity among modern researchers. When asked to choose works of literature, art, and film to create an exhibition that accurately represents his temperament, there was a wide […]
This truly is where it all began. Here in La Mancha, where the adventures first started to take place lived an old man named Don Quixote. After too many books and too little sleep, Don Quixote started to lose his mind and decided that he wanted to become a knight and he set off on […]
Miguel de Cervantes completed the novel El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha, commonly referred to as just Don Quixote, in the year 1615(Don Quijote De La Mancha). Even at that time, the novel was attracting a lot of attention. There was even a copycat that released a second volume of the novel before […]
At this point in the novel, people are confused by Don Quixote. It is pretty clear that he is a madman because of all of the running around and acting like a knight, but people are really unclear about whether or not they should be afraid of him or not. While some people are afraid, […]
In these past fews chapters, we have seen a lot more tension between Sancho and Don Quixote. Don Quixote hit him with his lance after Sancho asked him why he didn’t marry the princess. Don Quixote later apologized and once again, Sancho forgave him. This seems to be a reoccurring theme in the book thus […]
In our display case we have a total of 12 books, there’s also a poster in the background and a statue of Don Quixote in the front. Three books that stood out to me are, “Cervantes” by Francisco Navarro Ledesma, “Bloom’s Modern Critical Views: Miguel De Cervantes” by Harold Bloom and “The Interludes of Cervantes” […]
Theater There has been a lot of theater in this novel thus far. The whole first volume of the book was basically theater. It seemed as if Don Quixote and Sancho were living in a life that was fiction as if it was a dream or something. One big example of theater in the second […]