Making the novel
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the complete Don Quixote, arguably the first novel—ever. Fittingly, we begin our series concerning the meaning of the novel at the beginning of the novel itself, investigating the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes’ masterwork continues to find new ways to mean four centuries on.
Over the course of an evening of performances and lectures, amultidisciplinary array of scholars and artists will contemplate Quixote from multiple perspectives—interpreting the narrative through movement, with live performances of Romani and Flamenco dances; investigating how Crusade propagandists during the late sixteenth-
century likely influenced Cervantes’attitudes and his writing; and considering how illustrations accompanying the novel have historically opened up new nterpretations of the text.
«Making The Novel Novel: Don Quixote»
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Student Center (Lincoln Park), 120 2250 N Sheffield Ave
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
7:00 – 9:00 pm
DePaul Student Center, room 120
2250 N Sheffield Avenue
Featuring:
Stefan Vander Elst
Assistant Professor of English, University of San Diego; Visiting Fellow, The DePaul Humanities Center
Wendy Clinard
Artistic Director, Clinard Dance Theatre
Danielle Meijer
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, DePaul University; Artistic Director, Aleph World Fusion Dance
Stephen Miller
Professor of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M
