Literature student explains: Don Quixote

In this video I'm going to talk about all things Don Quixote: The life of Cervantes, Spain at the time, the main theme of Don Quixote, Translation, Influence and my own reading experience. Hope you enjoy! 😊

Time-stamps 👇
00:00 The famous Don Quixote
02:35 Cervantes's life
07:53 Genres that influenced Cervantes
11:49 The end of Cervantes's life + Part 2
13:35 History: Spain at the time
14:43 The main theme of Don Quixote
21:29 Christopher Columbus as Don Quixote
26:25 Translation - The original title
30:11 First German translation
32:29 English translations
33:19 A few lines in the original Spanish
35:48 Books DQ influenced
36:27 "The female Quixote"
38:16 "Northhanger Abbey"
38:53 "Madame Bovary"
40:06 "The Idiot"
40:33 My reading experience

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