ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Lothario, Peer Pressure, Homosociality
Document Summary
April 23, is the day of the book according to unesco because it"s the day of shakespeare"s birth and death and cervantes" death. Represents entrance european culture of vernacular languages. Tension in both works between aristocracy world of honour and the merchant world based on monetary exchange. Tensions between the old and the new. Cervantes" life was defined by medeterrian world. Once he got married he left the theatrical world and worked as a beauracactic. Tension between logic of honour associated with the romantic world and the mercantile perspective of the world as a sphere, poor vs rich. Seeing the world differently through the chivalric lens. Distinction between literature and reality is in itself shown in a piece of literature. Shifts from one genre to the next; a dialogic piece. Some of the genres: chivalric romance, picaresque narrative. Someone who goes from one adventure to the next. Escaping from the law in order to pursue adventure.
