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Don Quijote and the Modern Novel
First Exam in Professor Cao's Don Quijote and the Modern Novel class at Hofstra University
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Literature
Undergraduate 3
11/13/2011

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476 A.D.
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Fall of Rome
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711 A.D.
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Muslims invade Spain
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Recaredo
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Visogothic king who converted to Christianity, ended the Visogoths
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arianism
Definition
Sect of Christianity that believed that Jesus was not god and did not believe in the trinity.
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King Rodrigo
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Snake bit him.
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Florinda la Cava
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Seduced by King Rodrigo
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El Cid
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Spainish national epic poem
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mozarabs
Definition
Christians that live in Arab territory
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mudejars
Definition
Arabs that live in Christian territory
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renegade
Definition
Christians that became muslim
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Al-Aldaus
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Arab name for Spain
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Sepharad
Definition
Hebrew name for Spain
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Abd-ar-Rahman III
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Caliph of Cordoba
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taifas kingdoms
Definition
Independent muslim territories on Iberian peninsula (Spain)
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Joan the Mad
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First queen of Castille, the area which would become Spain
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Maximilain I
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Holy Roman Emperor, married his son Philip the Handsome to Joan the Mad allowing the two empires to be joined.
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Mary of Burgandy
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Duchess of Burgandy and the low countries
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Philip the Handsome
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Son of Mary of Burgandy, husband of Joan the Mad, his son would unify Castille, Burgandy, etc.
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Catherine of Aragon
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First wife of Henry the VIII in England who's divorce caused the separation of Roman Catholicism and the the Church of England.
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Arthur of England
Definition
Rightful heir to throne but pre-deceased Henry the VII so the throne went to his younger brother, Henry the VIII
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Mary Tudor
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Younger sister of Henry the VIII, married King Louis the VII to become Queen of France.
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Anne Boleyn
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Second wife of Henry the VIII. Henry presented weak cases for treason against her to have her executed for not producing a male heir.
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Elizabeth I of England
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Daughter of Anne Boleyn and Queen of England. Last of the Tudors.
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Mary Stuart
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Queen of Scotland. Believed she was rightful heir to English throne, not Elizabeth.
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Spanish Armada
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Spanish naval fleet that sailed against England in an attempt to overthrow Elizabeth I
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Trastamara
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Dynasty of kings on the Iberian Penninsula.
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Hapsburg
Definition
Royal house that was the origin of all Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740 as well as rulers of the Austrian and Spanish empires
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John of Austria
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Military leader. Led Spain to a naval victory in the battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman Empire
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Lepanto
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Decisive naval battle between Christian nations (Spain) and the Ottoman empire. Protected from uncontested Muslim access to Christian nations.
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Philip II
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King of Spain. Controlled Spain during the height of their empire's western influence and power.
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Philip III
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King of Spain, son of Philip II. Cause for economic hardship in Spain and brought Spain into the Thirty Years War.
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Aristotle's Poetics
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Earliest surviving treatise on literary theory
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St. Isodore
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Served as bishop of Seville. Helped to convert Visogoths to Catholicism.
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St. Thomas Acquinas
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Preacher. Immensely influential philosopher and theologian.
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Averroes
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Muslim polymath. Master of all aspects of Muslim thinking and culture.
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Maimonides
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Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the middle ages.
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courtly love tradition
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Medieval European conception of nobly and chivalrously expressing love and admiration. Don Quijote and Dulcinea
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anagnorisis
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Moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Don Quijote to become a knight errant.
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sentimental novel
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An 18th century literary genre which celebrates the emotional and intellectual concepts of sentiment, sentimentalism, and sensibility.
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pastoral novel
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A genre in literature, art or music that depicts such shepherd life in an idealized manner
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picaresque novel
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Popular sub-genre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts, in realistic and often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.
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chivalric novel
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Style of heroic prose and verse narrative that typically featured stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest.
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Moorish novel
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Balsam of Fierabras
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Cure all that Don Quijote requests after being beaten by the mule carrier at the inn.
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Dorotea
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Young women whom Ferdinand promises to marry but then is left for Luscinda.
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Cardenio
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His wife, Luscinda, leaves him to marry Ferdinand. Honorable young man.
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Princess Micomicona
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Who Dorotea pretended to be in giving Don Quijote a fake quest to leave the mountains.
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Andrew
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The peasant farmer's servent whom Don Quijote attempts to free but only accomplishes a stronger whipping.
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Don Sancho do Azpeitia
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A Biscayane squire who cuts part of Don Quixote's ear off in a swordfight.
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Chrysostom
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The goatherd Peter tells Don Quijote the story of Chrysostom, a love-sick shepherd student who dies for his love of a woman named Marcela
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Knight of the Sad Countenance
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The name Don Quijote is given when he is knighted at the inn.
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Anselmo
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Character in the story within the story. Anselmo wishes to test his lover, Camilla's, dedication and tells his friend Lothario to try and seduce her.
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Mambrino's Helmet
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Don Quijote believes the basin the barber uses to protect his head in the rain is the enchanted helment of Mambrino.
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Maritornes
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Servant at the inn. She is ugly, but Don Quijote mistakes her for Dulcinea after a brawl.
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Aldonza Lorenzo
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Dulcinea's, the object of Don Quijote's courtly affection, real name.
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Exemplary Novels
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Series of short stories by Cervantes.
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the Galatea
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Cervantes' first book.
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Cide Hamete Benengeli
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Fictional Moorish author whome Cervantes' lists as the chronicler of the adventures of Don Quijote.
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Dona Tolosa
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The name Dulcinea was knighted with.
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Gines de Pasamonte
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An ungrateful galley slave whom Don Quixote frees.
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Guzman de Alfa rache
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A picaresque novel written by Mateo Alemán.
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the canon
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Another priest that Sancho and Don Quijote come across. Bemoans chivalric novels but says that he has attempted to write one and appreciates their value.
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don Luis
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Young lord whom the four horsemen that beat up Don Quijote are searching for. In love and seeks to marry Clara.
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1492
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-Last Muslim Kingdom is taken.
-Jews expelled from Spain, some assimilate
-Columbus left for the Indes
-Schism of Catholicism and the Church of England.
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Nations that Invaded the Iberian Peninsula
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Iberians-Central Europe/Northern Africa. Original inhabitants.
Celts-Central Europe. Immigrated.
Celt Iberians-Prototypical Spaniard.
Phoenicians
Basques-Original Iberians.
Greeks-Influence in art. Commercial Empire. Empuries.
Carthaginians-Last Phoenician city. Tunisia.
Romans
Visogoths-Arian. Spanish. No holy trinity.
Arabs
Gypsys-15th century from India.
Jews-Diaspora. Romans kicked them out of Jerusalem and destroyed the temple.
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Development of Spanish Empire
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Isabella and Ferdinand union 1469. Spain unified.
Morocco, Spanish presence in Northern Africa.
Culta, Melila.
Canary Islands 15th and 16th century.
Columbus claims land in the Indes in name of Castille.
Empire extends in Europe because of dynastic alliances.
Spain won Italy in war with France.
Sebastien disappeared, Spain took control of Portugal.
Angola, Mozambique in Africa.
Brazil in New World.
Phillipines.
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