Miguel de Unamuno and "The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho": Real Reader and the Adaptation of the Cervantes’s Work Cover Image

Miguel de Unamuno y "Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho": lector real y refundición de la obra cervantina
Miguel de Unamuno and "The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho": Real Reader and the Adaptation of the Cervantes’s Work

Author(s): Elzbieta Bender
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Unamuno; The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho; reader; reception theory; Don Quixote

Summary/Abstract: The article, within the framework of the reception theory, emphasizes the importance of the reader in the updating of a literary work. The analysis of Miguel de Unamuno’s book The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho demonstrates how the personal experiences of the reader influence the interpretation of a literary work, providing it with new meanings.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 117-130
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Spanish