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Identifier	Thesis 1804
Author	Kremens, Elzbieta, 1953-
Title	La presencia morisca en Don Quijote : Cervantes y su visión sobre esta minoría marginada
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2005
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	The purpose of this thesis is to examine the presence of the Moorish in Miguel de Cervantes' novel, The Adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha. The Moorish population was an Arab minority in Spain, converted to Christianity after the Reconquest of Granada in 1492 and expelled from this country in 1609-1614. The novel presents the feats of the errant knight on two levels. The first level is the reality of Don Quixote's existence; the second is the idealistic world Don Quixote created, based on the knowledge he acquired through reading the literary bestsellers of that time. During the sixteenth century, the Moorish people lived under constant pressure from Spanish authorities because they were considered to be 'enemies of the state' for political and religious reasons. First, this population of Arab descendants was perceived as a 'fifth column' during tensions between Spain and the Ottoman Empire. Secondly, even though the Moors were Christians, they secretly practiced Muslim religious rites not tolerated by the Catholic authorities. Finally, Spanish society involved in this problem on a daily basis and influenced by ecclesiastical propaganda, demonstrated hostile attitudes towards this minority. Writing Don Quixote, especially episodes related to the Moors' status in Spain, Cervantes associated real historical data with fiction. Two important and significant events mark this novel; one of them is Cervantes' five year captivity in Alger. The result of his experience inside the Arab world was The Captive Tale; the interpolated 'First Part' story in the novel published in 1605 even though critics agree that the story was originally written around 1585. The second incident is the expulsion of the Moorish population from Spain in 1609-1614. This historical fact was used by Cervantes as background for the Ricote family story depicted in Don Quixote's 'Second Part' published in 1615. In my research (in both parts of the novel), I have observed an alteration in the author's point of view regarding this marginal group. Since the 'First Part' of Don Quixote was written after Cervantes' personal experience in the Arab world, I assume, in my thesis, that this unpleasant occurrence negatively influenced his attitude toward the Moorish population in Spain. Therefore, his opinion during that time was close to the official judgment. Even though the 'Second Part' was written ten years after the 'First Part', the period between the creation of The Captive's Tale and Ricote's story is longer than two decades. Cervantes, as a member of Spanish society and a great observer, was familiar with peoples' attitudes toward the Moorish population over a period of twenty-four years. Consequently, the 1609 expulsion, as well as Cervantes' awareness of the complexity of the Moorish situation in Spain, changed his attitude towards them notably. In my thesis, by comparing these two stories and relating them to historical events and facts from Cervantes' life, I seek to demonstrate the author's negative opinion of the Moorish expulsion; an opinion derived from his belief that Moorish integration (if not assimilation) with Spanish society, was possible. In my opinion, Cervantes sent this message by presenting differences in the actions of his analogical characters in both stories; actions that depended on historical circumstances.
Subject	Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Criticism and interpretation Muslims -- Spain
Department	Department of Modern Languages
Advisor	Cortés de Morales, Angela
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	spa
OCLC number	713733952
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