Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Cervantes and the Legend of Don Quijote: The Spirit of a Book

Cervantes and the Legend of Don Quijote: The Spirit of a Book

Featuring film clips, reenactments, and dramatizations, this program examines the imperishable spirit of Don Quijote through the life of Cervantes and the literary masterpiece that bears Quijote’s name. Topics range from the place of Don Quijote in world literature and its influence on later writers, to autobiographical parallels between Quijote and Cervantes, to the universal qualities of Quijote and Sancho Panza, to the eternal search for utopia. Commentary by Günter Grass, José Saramago, Mario Vargas Llosa, and other authors and professors adds academic authority. Not available in French-speaking Canada. An RTVE Production. (56 minutes)

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Item#: BVL36210
Copyright date: ©2004
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-5346-3


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