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I'm writing a report on Miguel de Cervantes. The majority of the article is his writing style and how it defined the "modernized novel," yet also entails the basic plot of Don Quixote, which I have yet to read. I've been told the book is basically silly stuff going on but everyone seems to think it's the daily norm. Is it an actual funny book, or do I need to be an 1800s Spaniard to fully enjoy the book?

>Also any ideas for my paper are welcomed yet not required.

>> No.2959410

It's a funny and superficial tale if you read it lightly.

It could be said to be the beginning of existentialism though, which, in my very uneducated opinion, seems to be why Dostoyevsky loved it so much.

>> No.2959413

Don Quixote? Superficial? Nope.
Noooooope.

>> No.2959429

>>2959413
the thing that enables a superficial interpretation is the fact that it is an easy read, which may not compel the reader to search deeper meaning in it.

Of course, to the cautious reader, it is a sea of grave subjects. Waves of examples of human action that go around this main theme.

>> No.2959437

>>2959429
Don't worry. I found life's secrets in Aragon