Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Study Guide - Final Guide: Catherine De Vivonne, Marquise De Rambouillet, Dulcinea Del Toboso, Princess Knight

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Life imitating art, don quixote try to become to book he reads, takes on the role of chivalric knight and goes out on quests. Mimesis: when art and literature tries to imitate real life: comes from aristotle, this is an idealized form of real life, aristotle uses it in poetics about theaters and drama. Makes fun of the real world, it is critical of don quixote but also supportive of him, author mocks the chivalric romaces but realizes life would be boring without characters like don. Quixote with the childhood innocence: don quixote never finds success in his quests, meets death but in the end even sancho. Peripeteia: the reversal of structure of the plot/ fortune. Anagnorisis: the recognition of truth/ self and downfall/ reversal. Biscayan: the guy don quixote was fighting right before he gets interrupted in the market place. Theatrum mundi: the theatre of the world, don quixote wants his life to like the theatre.