Cervantes’s masterpiece under the microscope

On the 400th anniversary of the death of Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a seminar looking at the impact of his seminal work, Don Quixote, on foreign writers is taking place over the next three evenings. Today's speakers include Hilaire Kallendorf from the Texas A&M University who will be delivering a keynote speech entitled 'Don Quixote in Los Angeles: The First Chicano Novel and Its Cervantine Model'. This will be followed by Peter Vassallo from the University of Malta with theologizing Cervantes's 'Don Quijote: Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote'. Closing the evening is Pedro Javier Pardo from the Universidad de Salamanca talking on The Pierre Menard Syndrome: Don Quixote, from Book to Myth. Tomorrow's session sees speakers from the University of Malta Adrian Grima, Richard Spiteri and Vincent Vella talking respectively on 'Don Quixote, Madness and the Protagonists of Maltese Reformist Fiction', 'Denis Tillinac: The Don Quixote Myth at the Turn of the 21st Century' and 'Ernesto Panza: The Tale of An Artless Revolutionary'. Independent researcher Marceliano Acevedo will then talk about 'Madame Bovary and Don Quixote: A Personal Relationship'. The seminar draws to a...

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