Dom Quixote e O cavaleiro inexistente : mimese, anacronia e revolução

Abstract

This work has as a starting point the correlations between The non existent knight by the Italian novelist Italo Calvino, and Don Quixote de La Mancha, by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes in order to observe how the concepts of mimesis, anachronism and revolution are configured in both works. From the moment these concepts are ascertained and presented, the objective of this dissertation is to carry out a comparative study in order to present the similarities between the works under study, with special focus on the way they approach the tradition of cavalry, either following its precepts or exceeding the limits established by the genre. In the first chapter we deal with the concepts of literature, anachronism and revolution, principles that foment the discussions proposed here. The second chapter addresses the notion of mimesis and how it manifests itself in works through the tradition of courtly love and is broken by the presence of the squires Sancho and Gurdulu. Finally, in the third chapter, we discuss the rupture of tradition with the purpose of ascertaining how Cervantes and Calvin use their knights as revolutionary allegories.