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Ciriaco Moron. Para entender el Quijote.(Reseña de libro)

Publication: Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America
Publication Date: 22-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Ciriaco Morón. Para entender el Quijote. Madrid: Rialp, 2005. 348 pp. ISBN: 84-321-3540-2.

Ciriaco Morón Arroyo's latest contribution to Cervantes studies is the result of a series of lectures on Don Quijote that he gave in February and October of 2004 as part of the Curso de Alta en by a...

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...Especialización Filología Hispánica, organized the CSIC's Instituto de la Lengua Española (Madrid). It is only fitting, then, that the most fundamental quality of Morón's outstanding book is its impressive pedagogical value for students and scholars alike.

In his introduction Morón states that "la mejor lectura es la que haga el texto más transparente" (27), tenet of literary analysis that the critic is careful to maintain throughout his cogent study. The author's lucid prose avoids intricate digressions that could hinder the understanding of his principal ideas. His structure and organization also pursue that pedagogical model by dividing the book into two complementary sections. In the first part of his book, "En el Quijote," the author delves into the text "para explicar los pasajes difíciles de entender y los que tienen especial importancia para la inteligencia del valor humano y artístico del libro" (25). The following seven chapters make up this first section of 182 pages: 1. "Parodia y crítica (del prólogo al capítulo 6)"; 2. "Sarta de aventuras (capítulos 7-22)"; 3. "La aventura con final feliz (capítulos 23-37)"; 4. "Novelas: realidad y discurso (capítulos 33-52)"; 5. "Autoconciencia y géneros literarios (Segunda parte: de los preliminares al capítulo 29)"; 6. "El...

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