The Discursive Practice and Parody of Ars Moriendi in Don Quijote (1615)

Authors

  • Rachel Schmidt University of Calgary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2010.006

Keywords:

Cervantes, Don Quijote (1615), Ars moriendi, Pragmatics, Literary Parody

Abstract


This article examine the use of tropes related to the religious, moralizing discourse of the good death in Part II of Don Quijote (1615), published at a time in Spain when the social practice of dying underwent increased clerical control. By analyzing the sociohistorical context of the ars moriendi discourse along with the way Cervantes’s characters use it pragmatically in conversation, one can glimpse ironic and even parodic tonalities that reveal the tensions inherent in a transitional moment as the Medieval vision of death cedes before emergent modern perspectives.

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Published

2010-12-30

How to Cite

Schmidt, R. (2010). The Discursive Practice and Parody of Ars Moriendi in Don Quijote (1615). Anales Cervantinos, 42, 117–130. https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2010.006

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Studies