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SPAN 300: Cervantes' Don Quixote

Lecture 15 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI. Gonzalez Echevarria starts by reviewing the Spanish baroque concept of desengano. He proposes that the plot of the Quixote and some of the stories in part two unfold from deceit (engano) to disillusionment (desengano). He then turns his attention to Auerbach and Spitzer's essays included in the Casebook ("Enchanted Dulcinea" and "Linguistic Perspectivism" respectively) that try to describe what Gonzalez Echevarria calls the "Cervantean," the particularities that define Cervantes' mind and style. In the second part of the lecture he comments on the episodes assigned for this week trying to explain their main characteristics and correspondence with part one. Doubting is common in Part II of the Quixote, suggesting that the characters meet with themselves to find meaning and identity. The lecture ends with the comments on one of Cervantes' Exemplary Stories, "The Glass Graduate." (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 15 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Review: "Engano" and "Desengano"
[00:02:29] 2. The "Cervantean"
[00:30:57] 3. Episodes in Part II That Resemble Others in Part I
[00:41:39] 4. Doubling and Self-Recognition
[00:52:09] 5. "The Glass Graduate"

References
Lecture 15 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI
Instructor: Professor Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Don Quixote, Part I: Front Matter and Chapters I-X
Lecture 03 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters I-X (cont.)
Lecture 04 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XI-XX
Lecture 05 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XI-XX (cont.)
Lecture 06 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI
Lecture 07 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI (cont.)
Lecture 08 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV
Lecture 09 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV (cont.)
Lecture 10 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXXVI-LII
Lecture 11 - Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXXVI-LII (cont.)
Lecture 12 - Don Quixote, Introduction to Part II
Lecture 13 - Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters I-XI
Lecture 14 - Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters I-XI (cont.)
Lecture 15 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI
Lecture 16 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI (cont.)
Lecture 17 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXII-XXXV
Lecture 18 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXII-XXXV (cont.)
Lecture 19 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXXVI-LIII
Lecture 20 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXXVI-LIII (cont.)
Lecture 21 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX
Lecture 22 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX (cont.)
Lecture 23 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV
Lecture 24 - Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV (cont.)