The Sacred Life of Don Quixote

Authors

Jonathan William Wade, Brigham Young University
Dr. Dale Pratt, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Don Quixote de la Mancha, knight errantry, sacred

College

Humanities

Department

Spanish and Portuguese

Abstract

Nearly four hundred years after the publication of the first part, I assumed the daunting task of writing about Don Quixote de la Mancha. With literally thousands of publications related to Cervantes’s masterpiece, I knew that writing an honors thesis about Don Quixote would be challenging. However, I felt that I had something valuable to contribute to this eternal literary discussion. When I first read the novel the quixotic spirit fascinated me. There was something about Don Quixote’s commitment to knight errantry that resonated with my own commitments in life. Beyond the obvious madness of our knight, there was an element of sacredness that captivated me as a reader.

Recommended Citation

Wade, Jonathan William and Pratt, Dr. Dale (2013) "The Sacred Life of Don Quixote," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 965.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/965