By Jeff Jones

• Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

• Born September 29, 1547

• Born in Spain

• Passed away on the 23rd of April in 1616

• Written by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

• Published in 1605

• Old Spanish language

• Regarded as the “first novel ever”

• Translated in French and English

• Sequel published in 1615

• Cervantes was very intelligent and enjoyed reading at a

young age

• While Cervantes was in Spain, they were transitioning

into their Renaissance period

• Chivalry is heavy in Don Quixote, due to the heavy use of

chilvary in early Spanish Literature

• Cervantes was influenced by the early writings of his

country

• Don Quixote is an older man that begins a journey to defeat the evils

of the world after reading about similar stories in the books he had

read

• Brings along his friend Sancho Panza

• Sees the good in all citizens, which is a blessing and curse

• Quioxte is extremely chivalrous, and carries himself with a higher

nobility than what he truly possesses

• Mocks social structure

• A piece of fictional prose that has a complex plot, certain

length and explanation and portrayal of charcacters

• Respected for their character development and limitless

creativity

• Began heavily surfacing in 19th and 20th centuries

• Surfaced through help of printing press

• Now most common form of literature

• “..it collects, eclipses and transforms pre-existing literary

genres, and creates something (relatively) anarchic and

one that has endless potential out of them” (Victoria)

• Cervantes fully develops all characters in this work and

allows readers to fully understand/follow all action

• This literary work is known as the first novel to ever be

successfully written and widely accepted and recognized

• “Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.” Bio.com. A&E Networks

Television, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.

<http://www.biography.com/people/miguel-de-cervantes-9242997>.

• Victoria. "Don Quixote and the Invention of the Modern Novel." Tilting

at Windmills. N.p., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.

<http://tiltingatwindmillsblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/don-quixote-

and-the-invention-of-the-modern-novel/>.

• "What Is a Novel?." wiseGEEK. N.p., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 27 Apr.

2014. <http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-novel.htm>.