Things that Cervantes fails to tell (Quixote, I, 46-52)
A careful reading of Don Quixote shows that this masterly novel is not composed of words alone. As all literary masterpieces, the Cervantine work is full with silence. The narrator (who cannot be identified with Cervantes, as we have established before) keeps silent and skips over certain details, o...
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| description | A careful reading of Don Quixote shows that this masterly novel is not composed of words alone. As all literary masterpieces, the Cervantine work is full with silence. The narrator (who cannot be identified with Cervantes, as we have established before) keeps silent and skips over certain details, or gives partial accounts of them. This paper discusses some Cervantine omissions, and evidences by means of three passages from the first part of the novel that such silences are not overlooks or inconsistences, as some have suggested. Instead, Cervantes’ silence shows the great writing skill of the author. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ecc3838623742caa95894d72cd28c512023-01-03T08:12:21ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoActa Poética0185-30822015-06-0136210.19130/iifl.ap.2015.2.462461Things that Cervantes fails to tell (Quixote, I, 46-52)Margit Frenk0Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Filosofía y LetrasA careful reading of Don Quixote shows that this masterly novel is not composed of words alone. As all literary masterpieces, the Cervantine work is full with silence. The narrator (who cannot be identified with Cervantes, as we have established before) keeps silent and skips over certain details, or gives partial accounts of them. This paper discusses some Cervantine omissions, and evidences by means of three passages from the first part of the novel that such silences are not overlooks or inconsistences, as some have suggested. Instead, Cervantes’ silence shows the great writing skill of the author.https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/acta-poetica/index.php/ap/article/view/462QuijoteCervantesescritura cervantinasilencio |
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| title | Things that Cervantes fails to tell (Quixote, I, 46-52) |
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