This essay analyzes Jacques Amyot and Jacques Gohory’s attitude towards chivalric books in the context of Classicist Humanism and that of the Catholic Reformation. Don Quixote is thus situated at the crossroads that reconcile the contradictory premises stemming from the crisis in the narrative fiction that had arisen in the 16th century.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-09787-7
EAN:9782406097877
ISSN: 2105-2689
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09787-7.p.0245
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 10-22-2019
Periodicity: Quarterly
Language: French
Keyword: Jacques Amyot, chivalric Books, Jacques Gohory, Cervantes Don Quixote