How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy Acker
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 3.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 10.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; color: #231f20;" lang="EN-US">Only a few fictional <span>heroes<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>symbolize<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span></span>a <span>supposed<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>national </span><span>character<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span></span>in<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>way <span>Cervantes’<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>Quijote<span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;"> </span>does<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>Spain. His<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span>adap</span>tation<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>ethnic, <span>historical<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>cultural contexts of<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>Americas is<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span>discussed </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>this <span>paper,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span></span>focusing <span>especially<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span></span>on the <span>mechanisms<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span></span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span><span>transtextualization<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span>in </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>short<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>story<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span><em>D.<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>Q.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span></em>by<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>Rubén Darío<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>(1899), in<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span><em><span>Terra<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span>Nostra<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span></span></em>by<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>Carlos <span>F</span><span>uentes </span>(1975), and in Kathy Acker’s «post-feminist» novel <em><span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>Quixote<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span></span><span>which<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a </span><span>dream<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span></span></em>from 1986. These three texts <span>demonstrate<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span></span>that due to<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>the <span>elasticity of </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span>mythologeme<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span></span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span>Quijote, this<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>fictive figure is<span style="letter-spacing: 1.8pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span>function under <span>different </span><span>ideological<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span></span>and cultural <span>circumstances.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span></span>It<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span><span>remarkable<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span></span>that<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>all of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>texts <span>go </span><span>beyond<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span>19<span style="position: relative; top: -3.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt;">th </span><span>century </span>version of<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>Quijote, <span>liberating </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span>figure from<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span>the </span>false romantic <span>chivalry<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span></span>and <span>exposing<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span></span>the <span>humanistic<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span></span>ideas of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span><span>Cervantes’<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>novel </span>which had<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span>been left<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span>behind<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>following<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span></span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span>e</span><span>nlightenment.</span></span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;" lang="EN-US"></span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7148be9c194460a9f58a8011e415a8c2022-12-21T23:06:07ZcatUniversidad de Salamanca16160210-72872445-22622011-10-01102392668012How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy AckerElke STURM-TRIGONAKIS0Aristotle University Thessaloniki<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 3.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 10.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; color: #231f20;" lang="EN-US">Only a few fictional <span>heroes<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>symbolize<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span></span>a <span>supposed<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>national </span><span>character<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span></span>in<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>way <span>Cervantes’<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>Quijote<span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;"> </span>does<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>Spain. His<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span><span>adap</span>tation<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>ethnic, <span>historical<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>cultural contexts of<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>Americas is<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"> </span><span>discussed </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>this <span>paper,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span></span>focusing <span>especially<span style="letter-spacing: 1.25pt;"> </span></span>on the <span>mechanisms<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;"> </span></span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span><span>transtextualization<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span>in </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>short<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>story<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span><em>D.<span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span>Q.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span></em>by<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>Rubén Darío<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>(1899), in<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span><em><span>Terra<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span>Nostra<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span></span></em>by<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>Carlos <span>F</span><span>uentes </span>(1975), and in Kathy Acker’s «post-feminist» novel <em><span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>Quixote<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span></span><span>which<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a </span><span>dream<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span></span></em>from 1986. These three texts <span>demonstrate<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span></span>that due to<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>the <span>elasticity of </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span>mythologeme<span style="letter-spacing: .95pt;"> </span></span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span>Quijote, this<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>fictive figure is<span style="letter-spacing: 1.8pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span>function under <span>different </span><span>ideological<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span></span>and cultural <span>circumstances.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span></span>It<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span><span>remarkable<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span></span>that<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>all of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>texts <span>go </span><span>beyond<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span></span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span>19<span style="position: relative; top: -3.0pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt;">th </span><span>century </span>version of<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>Don<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>Quijote, <span>liberating </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span>figure from<span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt;"> </span><span>the </span>false romantic <span>chivalry<span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"> </span></span>and <span>exposing<span style="letter-spacing: 1.05pt;"> </span></span>the <span>humanistic<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span></span>ideas of<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span><span>Cervantes’<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>novel </span>which had<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span>been left<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span>behind<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>following<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span></span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"> </span><span>e</span><span>nlightenment.</span></span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;" lang="EN-US"></span></p>https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1616_Anuario_Literatura_Comp/article/view/8347don quijotehéroe nacionaltranstextualidadamericanidadlocurautopía |
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| title | How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy Acker |
| title_full | How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy Acker |
| title_fullStr | How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy Acker |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy Acker |
| title_short | How Don Quijote travelled to the americas. metamorphosis of the Spanish national hero in texts by Rubén Darío, Carlos Fuentes and Kathy Acker |
| title_sort | how don quijote travelled to the americas metamorphosis of the spanish national hero in texts by ruben dario carlos fuentes and kathy acker |
| topic | don quijote héroe nacional transtextualidad americanidad locura utopía |
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