Sir Walter Scott, Benito Pérez Galdós y la sátira quijotesca de la erudición

The satire on excessive erudition counts with a long-standing tradition in Western Literature. From its Classical origins, the figure of the ridiculous erudite dunce exhibited a notable presence in the dramatic literature of the seventeenth century, being absorbed by the novel in the eighteenth, whe...

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Autor: Moro Martín, Alfredo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/18553
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/18553
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cervantes
Scott
Galdós
Historical Novel
Quixotism
Satire on Erudition
Comparative Studies
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Sumario:The satire on excessive erudition counts with a long-standing tradition in Western Literature. From its Classical origins, the figure of the ridiculous erudite dunce exhibited a notable presence in the dramatic literature of the seventeenth century, being absorbed by the novel in the eighteenth, where it merges with the figure of the Quixote. The present article tries to relate the figures of Jonathan Oldbuck of Sir Walter Scott's "The Antiquary" (1816) and José Augusto Becerro, of Benito Pérez Galdos' "El caballero encantado" (1909) with this literary archetype, revealing the profound influence of the eighteenth-century Cervantean tradition in the work of both authors, who employ the Quixotic erudite dunce in similar ways in order to satirize an outdated approach towards the study of history and its narrative embodiment.