La muerte de Alonso Quijano, un adiós literario

Jordi Aladro

doi:10.3989/anacervantinos.2005.009

La muerte de Alonso Quijano, un adiós literario

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Jordi Aladro University of California, Santa Cruz

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https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2005.009

Keywords:

irony, death, sanity, imitation, Tirante el Blanco, last will

Abstract

This article focuses on the last chapter of Don Quixote and offers a different reading of and the commonly acclaimed regain of sanity of the knight-errant of La Mancha. The entire life of Don Quixote has been conditioned by books, they are his essence and his guide. If his life was but an imitation of the great fictional heroes portrayed in chivalry novels, so will his death be an imitation of the same models. It is helpful to bear in mind the constant ironic and festive tone that is predominant throughout the novel. Why should the last chapter be different? This analysis will take into consideration the tone of doubt and irony in the narration of Don Quixote's recovery of reason, and will thus offer us a different reading of the last scene, which is more coherent with the entire Cervantine character: there will be coherence of his being (Alonso Quijano), with his life (Don Quixote) and with his death (Alonso Quijano the Good).

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Published

2005-12-30

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Aladro, J. (2005). La muerte de Alonso Quijano, un adiós literario. Anales Cervantinos, 37, 179–190. https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2005.009

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Vol. 37 (2005)

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Studies

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