Spanish Studies, LAIS Program, La Voz, Division of Languages and Literature, Africana Studies Program, and LASO Present
The Ghost of Cervantes: Don Quixote in La Mancha, Don Quixote in Manhattan
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
A lecture by Gerardo Piña-Rosales, Prof. of Spanish Literature at CUNY and Director of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language
The influence of Cervantes’ Don Quixote on contemporary literature is unmeasurable. Prof. Piña-Rosales will refer to works by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustav Flaubert and Franz Kafka, Herman Melville, Vladimir Nabokov and Kathy Acker, all haunted by the ghost of Cervantes. Piña-Rosales will also offer a reflection on possible contemporary readings of Don Quixote by analyzing various editions of the work that have recently appeared both in English translation and in Spanish, including the new commemorative edition by the Royal Spanish Academy.This event is conceived as a tribute to the living ghost of Miguel de Cervantes, founder of the modern novel, at the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death. Piña-Rosales’ lecture will be followed a bilingual reading of excerpts from his novella, Don Quijote en Manhattan/Don Quixote in Manhattan.
In English. Open to all.
For further information, please contact Prof. López-Gay.
For more information, call 845-845-6050, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
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